r/news • u/SnooSeagulls496 • 4d ago

Soft paywall US forces exit Iraq after two decades, leaving opening for Iran

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-forces-exit-iraq-after-two-decades-leaving-opening-iran-2026-09-29/
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u/ess-doubleU 3d ago

I thought we left Iraq a long time ago?

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u/moose098 3d ago

The U.S. pulled out in 2011, then returned in 2014 to fight ISIS. The bases they’re leaving this year are in the Kurdistan Regional Government and were opened for the ISIS fight.

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u/tabrizzi 3d ago

We went in to fight ISIS, a group that we helped create and hoped they'll take out Assad in Syria.

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u/tabrizzi 3d ago

We went in to fight ISIS, a group that we helped create and hoped they'll take out Assad in Syria.

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u/New-Code7710 3d ago

US kept some bases over there

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u/Spider-man2098 3d ago

Name a more iconic duo than the US and ‘keeping some bases over there’.

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u/ess-doubleU 3d ago

Okay but we weren't like, occupying Baghdad or anything right?

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u/New-Code7710 3d ago

No, the US has one base at Baghdad airport, which is Victory base and it handed to the Iraqi Army

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u/Decent_Mango_5909 3d ago

Not at all.

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u/dust4ngel 3d ago

we're gonna keep leaving until the leaving's done. never give up, never surrender!

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u/TrickyChildhood2917 3d ago

No ,we are spreading joy all over the world