US forces complete withdrawal from Iraq | DW News

🇺🇸🇮🇶 US Troop Withdrawal is not the Same as a US Withdrawal<br><br>1. US troops leaving Iraq are simply redeploying to safer positions within West Asia vis-a-vis Iran missile/drone strikes;<br><br>2. US administrative, economic, covert, &amp; proxy networks are deeply embedded across Iraq and will not be withdrawn - exercising significant influence over Iraq - the US simply removed the most visible &amp; vulnerable elements of US power as it continues its regional war on Iran;<br><br>3. When/if sovereign Iraqi interests and their allies begin uprooting these other aspects of US control, including oil revenue literally routed through the US - then positive change might be taking place;<br><br>4. The US under Biden likewise withdrew troops from Afghanistan during his administration - not a retreat from pursuit of global primacy, but preparations for larger &amp; more dangerous conflict elsewhere including against Russia in Ukraine - US troops leaving Iraq are likely only part of a similar restructuring ahead of continued/escalated global war...

In a 1996 60 Minutes interview, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Madeleine Albright defended economic sanctions against Iraq, famously stating that the death of half a million children was &quot;worth it&quot; .<br>--&gt; monster in office<br><br>The Exchange <br>• Lesley Stahl: &quot;We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that&#39;s more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?&quot; <br><br>• Madeleine Albright: &quot;I think this is a very hard choice, but the price—we think the price is worth it.&quot;