President Trump ended 2018 on a sour note (at least on the foreign policy scale) by beginning to plan the withdrawal of all American troops from Syria and half of our troop presence in Afghanistan. This is foolish foreign policy which will lead to more Iraq's and a possible nuclear taliban.
Whether or not you agree with President George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq (I do but that's a discussion for later) the invasion wasn't what established ISIS. It was President Obama's premature pulling out of Iraq which created ISIS. How? Well when you overthrow a nation's government AND then leave, someone's going to take the position of top dog. Look at Europe for example. When Nazi Germany and its allies were defeated, the Soviet Union and her satellite states took power. Whether we like it or not we are in the business of nation building, especially in the Middle East. A direct consequence of lowering our troop presence in Afghanistan is the possibility of the taliban becoming more active in the region. This is especially troubling when it comes to Pakistan as our troop presence in Afghanistan has helped lower terrorist activity in that nation. However if/when we pull out then this allows a power vacuum to occur (much like what will happen in Syria and what did happen in Iraq) and since Pakistan does have nuclear weapons it is entirely reasonable to conclude that the chances of the taliban gaining nuclear capiolotes increases dramatically. All and all if we pull out we will have to return. -Jared Zimmerman (Originally published 1/3/18)
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