I can go either way here. If we need another 10 years of troops doing training to buy us time for EVs to take off, probably seems worth it (unless troops are dying). But once EVs take off and our heavy crude dependence in that region is over, let's just leave the party.
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Iraq prime minister al-Sudani backs continued US troop presence
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has defended the presence of United States troops in his country in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, his first since taking office in October.
The position contradicts the stance of several Iran-aligned groups that in part make up the Shia-dominated Coordination Framework, the political bloc that nominated the prime minister last year. Al-Sudani was subsequently appointed by President Abdul Latif Rashid, whose election ended more than a year of political deadlock fuelled by scholar and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr.
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The US currently has about 2,000 troops stationed in the country, with NATO housing several hundred troops there, all in non-combat roles.
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I hope he has the support of the key factions here and not using us as his proxy against Al-Sadr etc. I can see the factions trying to kill US & NATO troops to get us out. But that hasn't happened yet so maybe they also like the small presence as an insurance policy.