The drawdown in Iraq was long unticipated and likely to be confirmed
soon by Donald Trump along with a similar move in Afghanistan. The US
president has long expressed desire to reduce foreign deployments. He
reiterated the promise to reduce military presence in Iraq last month
during a visit to the country.
The announcement is likely to fuel heated political debate in the US, where Trump stands accused of being disrespectful to the national military. Last week a story in the Atlantic magazine claimed he called American soldiers killed in World War I “losers” and “suckers” as he refused to visit a military cemetery in France.
Trump angrily rejected the accusations and went on an Eisenhower-esque verbal attack against top military commanders accusing them of cozying up to defense contractors.
Read more at: US to pull back 2,200 troops from Iraq, Pentagon confirms…but several thousand more still to stay — RT World News
The announcement is likely to fuel heated political debate in the US, where Trump stands accused of being disrespectful to the national military. Last week a story in the Atlantic magazine claimed he called American soldiers killed in World War I “losers” and “suckers” as he refused to visit a military cemetery in France.
Trump angrily rejected the accusations and went on an Eisenhower-esque verbal attack against top military commanders accusing them of cozying up to defense contractors.
Read more at: US to pull back 2,200 troops from Iraq, Pentagon confirms…but several thousand more still to stay — RT World News
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