The U.S. withdrawal from Iraq's Ain al-Asad Airbase is closing a painful and brutal chapter in American-Iraqi relations. The U.S. is relocating more assets to the north of the country. It is presumably there to fight ISIS, but we know that's just an excuse to occupy Kurdistan.
"Approximately 1,500 foreign troops, including Americans, had relocated to Iraqi Kurdistan, according to the Kurdish news outlet Rudaw. It’s unclear how many international personnel are there currently." (Source).
Now that thousands of ISIS prisoners have been freed in Syria by America's terrorist allies in Damascus, Doha, Riyadh, and Ankara without one U.S. politician saying a word in opposition I don't see how U.S. policymakers can continue to justify occupying Kurdish areas in Iraq and Syria. They're obviously not there for protection against ISIS so what's the real reason? A future war against Iran?
The Kurdish people didn't sign up for that.
I think it's a matter of time before the U.S. military is kicked out of the Kurdish areas in Iraq and Syria just like they've been kicked out elsewhere in the region.
The corrupt political leaders of these areas may not like it, they depend on the U.S. for their security, status, and wealth, but the Kurdish street has grown tired of the one-way relationship with the United States of Amnesia.
At every critical juncture in their history the U.S. has sided with the enemies of the Kurdish people, whether it be the Shah, the Turks, or the Arabs.
And that's understandable. Geopolitically the Kurds are not as important a factor as Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Syria are. But Washington can't continue having it both ways, using Kurds as proxies in their regime change operations and then casting them aside later on like trash when their services are no longer needed.
Kurdish tolerance for repeated American betrayals is one of the mysteries of our time. But Kurdish hospitality for America won't last forever. Anger at Washington is rising.
The latest events in Syria confirmed a lot of suspicions. And a lot of lessons were learned. I doubt Kurds will play any fundamental role in an American-Israeli war against the hated Islamic Republic in the future.
Washington will need to search for another disposable proxy.
