Where next?
If the US pulls troops out of Iraq on time, whatever time that is, where should they put them? It’s the (appreciative) principle that moving away is impossible without a moving toward. So without a clear moving toward, we should logically expect delays on moving away.
The conversation brings into play US values and beliefs relative to military role in foreign policy, and for that matter foreign policy itself. And yes, we are all responsible for engaging or not showing up for this conversation. We can’t realistically expect an unconscious government to do anything but act unconsciously.
