Strikes on U.S. troops show why we need to leave Iraq and Syria

Reason’s Fiona Harrigan writes, “Just days into 2022, multiple military bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria came under attack. Two drones carrying explosives were destroyed last Tuesday as they headed toward U.S. troops in western Iraq. The next day, rockets and indirect fire hit bases in western Iraq and eastern Syria. And last Monday, two armed drones were shot down as they approached a facility housing American advisers at the airport in Baghdad.

19 years in Afghanistan and we’re finally out. Now, 19 years in Iraq, and we still fight. @Fiona_Harrigan explains what @JoeBiden should do:https://t.co/glvan793VI

— John Stossel (@JohnStossel) January 13, 2022

Though there were no casualties, the Iran-backed militias behind the attacks have made clear that they will continue. That alone should encourage the Biden administration to get American soldiers out of harm's way—and if it doesn't, the faulty justifications keeping troops in Iraq and Syria should…

Dan Caldwell, vice president of foreign policy at Stand Together and a Marine veteran of the Iraq War, calls this change in mission 'a distinction without a difference' and says 'an American military presence in Iraq and Syria is not required for our safety nor for the protection of our vital national interests."

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