The claptrap about drawdowns and handover dates in Iraq and Afghanistan is so much propaganda and is being swallowed whole by the MSM. The US have never left a country once they have invaded it. They are hanging around in Iraq in case Iraq dares try to sell it's Oil to China or move deals to the Euro instead of the dollar.
THAT was one main reason for the invasion of Iraq. They reversed the decision to deal in Euros within weeks of Saddam's murder.
Liyba ? They had the audacity to sign a deal guaranteeing Russia and China most of their future resources. As is their right. America simply won't have that and have sent in their Nato poodles to do their dirty work for them to undo it. We can be sure that those deals with China and Russia will be cancelled in favour of the US at the first grubby and opportunist juncture.
As America's wealth is slowly bled for foreign wars, foreign aid, and other follies, then its world influence will wane even further. America's neocolonialist power is in its twilight already.
I also caught that "transfer" - "drawdown" reversal. Apparently the transfer to Afghan forces is well underway and progressing. So much so that the Pentagon doesn't believe any troops should leave in July.
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