‘Iraq at loss over US forces absence’
US: House Speaker John Boehner has claimed that the absence of
the American military forces in Iraq poses a risk to the Middle Eastern
country’s future.To “liberate” Iraq, Boehner also said on NBC’s ‘Meet
the Press’ weekly news show in Washington, the US had sacrificed many
troopers and a lot of ‘treasures.’
His comments come as the last US military convoy left Iraq on Sunday
after a nearly-nine-year-long war.
However, thousands of military advisors, private contractors, and
Christian missionaries will remain in the country as part of the US
embassy personnel in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
The US military invasion and occupation has left around a million
Iraqis killed, according to the California-based investigative
organization Project Censored.
In 2003, the US invaded Iraq under the pretext of finding weapons of
mass destruction allegedly stockpiled by the former Iraqi dictator
Saddam Hussein.
However, later it was revealed that not only did not the Iraqi regime
possess the weapons, but also that the US and British leaders, who had
defended the military action, previously knew about their non-existence.
Additionally, the occupation has left some 4,500 US troops dead and
thousands more injured, reportedly costing Washington nearly a whopping
trillion dollars in military expenditures.Meanwhile, US President Barack
Obama has vowed to maintain, what he has described as, a robust
diplomatic presence in Iraq. A large number of armed US guards are
tasked with protecting the diplomatic staff.
Monday, Press TV |