I’ve written on this topic before but recent events and comments from a good friend prompt me to do so again.
It is long past time for us to remove ALL of our forces from Iraq and Afghanistan.
I don’t mean most of them, I mean every single one.
Now I know there are people in both countries who want us there but they do not seem to be doing much to show it.
I also recognize many have died and there is the argument that those deaths should not be in vain. But that argument is premised on the idea that the fallen were running for the finish line and we should continue to victory.
The fact is there is no finish line. These nations are mobius strips and we will simply continue to run and run (and die and suffer) without any prospect of victory ever.
As my friend pointed out, in the nations of Europe (France and Belgium in particular) they honor our dead every year, decades after WW1 and WW2
Do you EVER see Iraq or Afghanistan doing so??