Withdrawal of US Troops From Iraq

The US troops are making preparations to leave Iraq. The other news is that the US State of Illinois has agreed to the resolution of withdrawing the US troops from Afghanistan, in which it is also said that reducing its military strength in Afghanistan is not in the interest of the US. Although this resolution will have no effect on the policies of the US President Barack Obama, it still gives an inkling of the thinking of the US citizens because Illinois is a state assembly and this resolution's effect may not be apparent just now, but will reveal itself later.

Apparent US Interest
After withdrawal of the US troops from the main cities of Iraq, it has become apparent that the interest of the US has shifted from Iraq to the Taliban. The interest in the Taliban now made it apparent that the US is now fixated on Pakistan. The Pakistan Army and Administration, since a long time, much against the wishes of its people, has been under US influence, or rather under its orders. To keep the US happy, the Pakistan Army has been killing its own citizens. As the governor of Baluchistan, Nawab Zulfiqar Magsi, has put it, Pakistan has become a plaything of the Western powers, and the US can be blamed for the troubled times that Pakistan is going through, which has made Pakistan a battlefield. The chaotic conditions in Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan can be attributed to the US and its allies.

The intentions of the US seem dangerous from the Iranian viewpoint also. Verbal duels between President Obama and Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad are in full swing, and there seems little hope of the situation improving; in fact, it seems to be getting worse. The departure of the US troops, if only partially, seems to be good news for the Iraqis. The news is that the US troops will leave the Iraqi cities by 30 June. The conditions in Iraq, instead of improving, seem to be getting worse. It is said that the US camps are not far from cities and as soon as the situation deteriorates, they can rush back in. One hundred and thirty three thousand troops will move from cities to camps. The US has already announced that its military activities in Iraq will cease by September 2010, and it will withdraw completely from Iraq by 2011.

Chaotic Conditions
The only reason that the US troops will stay in Iraq until 2011 is so that its puppet regime is well-settled. The situation in Iraq is still not fully in control of the United States. Chaotic conditions continue to exist, and more than 250 persons have been killed. To hide its incompetence, the Iraqi Government is blaming Al-Qaida. It will not be wrong to say that the Iraqi regime is using the explosions currently taking place there for deterioration in communal relations, so that various factions continue fighting with each other and the tension between Shia and Sunni can continue, leaving the puppet regime alone, rather than unite and fight with the regime. This is why the departure of the US troops is good news, but it is all part of the plan to protect the interests of the US. It is difficult to even imagine what the Iraqi people are going through since the departure of the Saddam Hussein regime. The US claims it has liberated Iraq, but the truth is that it has destroyed the country and made a living hell over there. The destruction of Iraq is just the first step in a long-drawn out plan. The US is also claiming to be withdrawing from Iraq as the atrocities it has committed there are now coming out openly, and it does not want to be blamed for any further loss of life and property.

Reputation and Prestige
At the same time, the US has put its reputation and prestige at stake because of the Taliban and Al-Qaida. The US made trumped up charges and scared the whole world of their apparent danger. However, its true aim remains the Taliban because the US does not want the two Muslim powers to team up, and it calls courage and achievements of Al-Qaida as extremism, and its actions as terrorism. This is why President Obama wants to remove the US troops from Iraq and increase the presence of the US in Afghanistan and wipe out the Taliban and Islamic extremists in Pakistan, and hit two targets with one arrow. That is the reason why the US continues to help Israel and strengthen it. It does not seem that many drastic changes will take place during Obama's regime, different from the regime of former US President George W. Bush.