A way out of Iraq? Entire Middle East?

The murderous US attacks on the Baghdad Airport and Iraqi military bases which assassinated a top Iranian general and killed dozens of Iraqis may pave the way for the US exit from this country we shattered 17 years ago. Hundreds of thousands killed, millions displaced, trillions squandered.

We remain in Iraq at the request and permission of the Iraqi government, albeit a US puppet government. Iraq is collapsing from internal chaos directed at the US puppet government and threatening further disintegration of an already disintegrated country...thanks to Uncle Sam. But these new attacks may finally spur the Iraqi government to demand our departure and if so we should leave promptly. Likewise for US troops in Afghanistan and Syria. We should end all support for Saudi Arabia and Israel, committing crimes against humanity against the hapless Yemenis and Palestinians.

These are not outlier views. Millions of Americans support that action, including I feel, a significant portion of the military not in leadership. Military leaders, defense contractors, congressional hawks, even presidents of both parties, need perpetual war, which is their business. Without war there are no profits, no political gain, no glory.

My hope is that we leave Iraq and greater Middle East soon and gracefully. My fear is our recklessness in Iraq and across the Middle East will blunder us into a war with Iran which would be a catastrophe for Iran, America, the world.