What are the reasons for the US insistence on staying in Iraq?
The United States is delaying the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq, and in the recent round of strategic talks between Washington and Baghdad, the United States has taken a contradictory position, declaring that it has no serious desire to evacuate military bases at this time. It increased military attacks against its bases and convoys in the country.
Observers believe that Joe Biden came to power to establish a US presence in Afghanistan and Iraq and at all US bases in the region, a policy that differs from Donald Trump’s strategy in the region. He had repeatedly stressed that the United States was not a police force and would reduce its bases and no longer engage in protracted wars; The wars that have always done a lot of damage to the United States have been the reason why Trump ousted from power so this policy and strategy would not be implemented.
Political experts, however, said that the US motives for its presence in Iraq, especially in the west of the country, are, the Syrian crisis is not over yet and US needs to protect the areas under its control in this country. US military bases in Iraq are located in the west of the country to cut off natural communication between Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. On the other hand, the American greed for Iraq, which is full of natural resources and wealth and has a strategic position, is not hidden from anyone.
The experts added: There are two reasons for US troops to stay in Iraq; First, for geopolitical reasons, the United States considers its military presence in the region important and strategic. On the other hand, the weakness of the executive branch in Baghdad caused many factors and elements to interfere in the decision-making. While the Prime Minister should only be the decision-maker. The Iraqi government must make its decisions pivotal and comprehensive, which means that government decisions must be implemented throughout the country from north to south. The weakness of the central government paved the way for other groups to interfere in the issue of the stay or withdrawal of American troops.
Political experts said, the attacks on US forces and their military convoys inside the Harir base in Erbil, as well as the attack on Turkish forces in the Ba’ashiqa area, were a significant development in the operations of resistance groups; Resistance groups have previously stated that they will increase their attacks on the occupiers if the Iraqi government delays implementing the parliament’s decision to withdraw all foreign troops from the country.
Observers believe that the US insistence on staying in Iraq goes back to Biden’s new policy, which differs from Trump’s policy of reducing troops in the region and withdrawing from wars and conflicts. “President Biden’s policy is very different from Donald Trump’s policy of reducing or withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq,” said Omar Ismail, a British Labor activist. Some influential parties do not allow the government to withdraw from some treaties in order to protect their interests.
