Foreign Policy: The time has come to end the American occupation in Iraq

report Mehr News Agency, in the situation that with the escalation of aggression of the American invaders to the sovereignty of Iraq, the requests of the groups and people and representatives of this country to expel the Americans more More than ever, the American Foreign Policy magazine wrote in an analytical report that after 20 years of the US occupation in Iraq, it is time for the Joe Biden government to think about the best way to reduce the US military footprint in Iraq.

This American media continued to the situation of the American forces in Iraq after the intensification of their attacks against different areas of this country. And he expressed the anger of the Iraqi people against these forces and emphasized that Washington should reconsider its presence in Iraq. Last February, the Iraqi parliament was supposed to hold a meeting to vote on the continuation of the US presence, but this meeting did not reach the quorum. But now Baghdad may finally decide that in the current situation, the time has come for the US and coalition forces to withdraw from Iraq.

This report further states: Iraq can take this decision (expulsion of American forces) and threaten Continuously manage ISIS alone. Even if the current Iraqi government does not expel the (American) coalition, it is clear that the massive American military presence in Iraq has become unacceptable.

This American publication added: Even if American forces remain in Syria, Washington may be able to have a small presence. to remain in the Iraqi Kurdistan region to support the “anti-terrorism” mission. But it is clear that America’s hasty and chaotic withdrawal from Iraq, like its withdrawal from Afghanistan, will damage the credibility of the United States.

Foreign Policy continued: On the other hand, the operation of the coalition against ISIS in Iraq has been largely completed and Also, the continued presence of American forces does not help much to prevent progress in Iran-Iraq relations. The American presence in Iraq is under threat, and therefore if this presence becomes weaker, the threat against it will also decrease. The withdrawal of a large part of American forces from Iraq may put Washington in a better position against the country’s government; Especially if American forces remain in the Kurdistan Region.

At the end of this report, it is emphasized: Of course, the elimination or gradual reduction of American military presence means the end of military participation America in Iraq is not the withdrawal of America from the region or the recognition of Iran’s regional influence.

This is while recently Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani during a meeting with four members of the American Congress. On the sidelines of the Munich security meeting, he discussed the issue of ending the presence of the US-led international coalition in Iraq.