The Conclusion of America's Counter-ISIS Mission in Iraq

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The ongoing deliberations between Washington and Baghdad regarding the conclusion of America's counter-ISIS mission in Iraq may finally come to an end after a meeting between President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. Iran's recent attack on Israel further strengthens the case for withdrawing the remaining US troops in Iraq. However, this decision is a contentious issue in both Washington and Baghdad.

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doesn’t resurge, a request his hardline coalition partners will be hard-pressed to support. At the same time, a troop withdrawal is generally viewed warily in the US foreign policy establishment, particularly if it’s based on a timetable rather than conditions on the ground. As the US ambassador in Iraq said last month, “In the past we have left quickly only to come back, or only to need to continue, so this time I would argue we need to do this in an orderly fashion.

territorial caliphate. As President Barack Obama said at the time, “You initially push them back, you systematically degrade their capabilities, you narrow their scope of action, you slowly shrink the space, the territory that they control, you take out their leadership, and over time, they are not able to conduct the same kinds of terrorist attacks that they once could.

lost control of Mosul. The Iraqi government declared victory against the group five months later. And in March 2019, mission, like undermining Iran’s influence in Iraq, severing Iran’s supply lines in Syria and using the US troop presence to prevent Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad from capturing Syria’s oil-rich eastern region. Yet all of those objectives ranged from unlikely to delusional. In Iraq, the Iranians made significant inroads in Iraqi politics after the US overthrew the brutal Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein who nonetheless provided a bulwark against arch-rival Iran.

has been defeated territorially and Iraqi forces are in a stronger position than ever to suppress the remaining threat.”

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