US Advisers Remain in Iraq for the 'Threat' They Created
ABC News reports Iraq will maintain a small contingent of US military advisers due to the 'IS threat in Syria'. It's a neat trick: Frame the continued occupation as a strategic necessity, rather than a lingering consequence of the 2003 invasion that birthed the chaos. The US spent trillions ($2.4 trillion according to Brown University's Costs of War Project as of 2023) and countless lives to
'stabilize' Iraq, only to find themselves perpetually 'advising' against the very terror groups that filled the power vacuum Washington created. One might wonder if America’s commitment to 'stability' extends past its own geopolitical interests, or if this endless advice cycle guarantees a steady stream of defense contracts while sovereign nations remain perpetual wards of US policy. How many more
'advisers' are needed to clean up the mess made by the previous ones?