The American Conservative publishes a report about the dangers of keeping US forces in Syria and Iraq, stressing that “policy paralysis and lack of political courage” could cause a catastrophic loss of American lives and start a regional war.
The American Conservative published a report by Greg Carlstrom entitled Our National Disgrace in Iraq and Syria, in which it said that US forces were risking their lives “needlessly” due to “policy paralysis and lack of political courage.”
The magazine reported that when Carlstrom, an economist, interviewed an American diplomat last year, he asked him about the Biden administration’s policy in Syria, and in response, the official “shrugged and laughed.”
Carlstrom then underscored that “One group certainly not laughing about President Biden’s Syria policy (or lack thereof) is the over 70 US troops injured” after attacks started raining in on US bases in Syria and Iraq”, especially since the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
The magazine indicated that these forces are in Iraq and Syria, according to Carlstrom, as part of a “self-defeating combat operation,” which remained on the low vis-a-vis the US people adding that maintaining US forces there “without a clear military mission” would “not make America safer.”
Rather, the report highlighted that the presence of US occupation forces in Syria and Iraq “risks a catastrophic loss of American life that could escalate into a major war.”
Moreover, it was noted that the fact that a number of US policymakers insisted on “sustaining” these existing policies was “is a national disgrace.”
The publication stressed that “Policy inertia and political cowardice have condemned American service members in Iraq and Syria” saying the forced served “as soft targets for those looking to punish the US.”
In short, Carlstorm stated that “withdrawal is the only path forward that prioritizes both American lives and interests.”
Source: Almayadeen