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U.S. Signals Major Military Shift in Iraq by 2025
656 sats \ 18 comments \ @TomK 12 Aug news
The U.S. coalition is reportedly planning a significant military withdrawal from Iraq, aiming to exit the country by September 2025, with the exception of the Kurdistan region. This potential move comes as Iraq’s Foreign Minister is set to visit Washington, where discussions are expected to focus on ending the coalition presence in most of Iraq. The remaining forces in Kurdistan are anticipated to pull out by September 2026.
As America reconsiders its global military footprint, there's hope that this shift will allow the U.S. to address pressing domestic challenges. A strategic pivot could see a renewed focus on energy independence, with a push for nuclear power and traditional energy sources to reduce reliance on foreign energy.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post: https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-814329
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147 sats \ 9 replies \ @Satosora 12 Aug
Move out like they did before? They left all of the equipment and everything there in lots.
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120 sats \ 8 replies \ @TomK OP 12 Aug
All is possible. Depends on which group they want to prop up with the stuff
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100 sats \ 7 replies \ @Satosora 12 Aug
Right. WW3 is coming, soon. Or is it already here?
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20 sats \ 6 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 12 Aug
WW3 already started via attacks upon Ukraine and Middle East. China and US cannot fight directly and so are fighting via proxies. They cannot declare open conflict because in the case of US it would paralyze so many large US corporations via the Trading with the Enemy Act. Days before the Ukraine invasion China and Russia signed a treaty guaranteeing mutual support of their ambitions in Ukraine and Taiwan. https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/russia-and-china-unveil-a-pact-against-america-and-the-west Iran and Russia are only still viable economies moreover capable of significant military aggression because of Chinese enabling ongoing trade (primarily but not only oil/gas sales) despite US sanctions in the case of Iran going back more than a decade. China is openly challenging US hegemony and it gets cheap oil and captive markets for many of its manufactured goods into the deal while US pays a high price to support Ukraine and Israel. Losing/surrendering the oil resources of Iraq is another US loss in this unfolding war between USA and China over global resource hegemony.
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20 sats \ 4 replies \ @kristapsk 12 Aug
By this definition WW3 already happened during Cold War, when USA and USSR were fighting via proxies.
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47 sats \ 1 reply \ @Solomonsatoshi 12 Aug
Had WW2 begun when Hitler invaded Poland? Britain was not yet involved. Did WW2 only begin after Pearl Harbour? It can be argued China and Japan begun their respective roles in WW2 in 1937 with Japans brutal invasion of China upon the Nanjing massacre. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Massacre My argument is that at the very least least for Russia, Ukraine and Israel and multiple combatant groups aligned against Israel in the Middle East, WW3 has begun...and they are all only able to engage in such conflict on such a scale because they are backed by either China or the USA.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kristapsk 12 Aug
My argument is that at the very least least for Russia, Ukraine and Israel and multiple combatant groups aligned against Israel in the Middle East, WW3 has begun...and they are all only able to engage in such conflict on such a scale because they are backed by either China or the USA.
And how exactly this differs from USA vs USSR proxy wars during Cold War?
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47 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 12 Aug
When I meant WW3, I kind of meant an all out war. Not small skirmishes.
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47 sats \ 0 replies \ @kristapsk 12 Aug
I would not call Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan small skirmishes.
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47 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 12 Aug
Yet China still hasnt made a move on Taiwan?
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47 sats \ 0 replies \ @SatsMate 13 Aug
We need to withdraw our troops to most foreign bases around the world. We need to focus on feeding our own, and developing our own infrastructure.
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47 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 12 Aug
If they would simply station those troops in America, it would do a lot to improve our economic health.
Spending that money into the domestic economy is one thing, but even more important is getting all those dads back in their homes and communities.
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40 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 12 Aug
And let a real peace dividend do its work
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47 sats \ 2 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 12 Aug
This opens Iraq up to much more oil extraction operated by China - Chinese engineers are already developing the majority of Iraq oilfields, and more Iranian involvement in Iraq. Persia reinstated and reliant upon Chinese patronage and supplying Chinese with oil and gas just as Iran is already doing at a discount on the market price. China appears to be winning the war for global resource hegemony via its already dependent proxies Iran and Russia.
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @TomK OP 12 Aug
A lot of people underrate the growing energy power of the BRICS
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47 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 12 Aug
Yes, with both Saudi Arabia and Iran now also joining... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-66525474
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satoshi__Nakamoto 12 Aug
Us what are you doing
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