US Troops Stay in Iraq: ISIS Threat or Forever War Business Model?
Funny how a 'small presence' often translates into a permanent fixture when it comes to US military deployments in the Middle East. The initial invasion of Iraq in 2003 was meant to be swift, yet here we are, two decades later, still protecting the region from the 'threats' that destabilized it in the first place. One might wonder if the real 'threat' isn't ISIS, but the cessation of lucrative
defense contracts. The revolving door between the Pentagon, defense industries, and think tanks ensures the 'ISIS threat' remains just potent enough to justify troop presence and robust budgets. How many trillions have been 'spent' securing a region that only seems to get less secure?