The US is now an “Ottoman Empire?” Please list all those we hold in our “Empire,” please.
And yes, I am familiar with the Ottoman Empire. Breaking it up after WW1 is what made the Middle East what it is today. Too bad the promise of land west of the Jordan River going to Jews was reniged on.
But please, fell free to list all those countries we have taken over and hold hostage in our “Empire.”
We’re not leaving Iraq, any more than we’re leaving Europe and Japan. We may leave Iraq security to the Iraqi forces, while we fall back to the bases we’ve established in Iraq-but we’re not leaving those bases (though we may scale back forces) and hence we will not leave Iraq. The US needs bases in the ME for a variety of reasons, and the saudi bases are going to be lost to us eventually (which is why our forces there have been cut to the bone). So we will have to stay in Iraq .