Al Jazeera reports that britian is pulling out their troops from Iraq in order to concentrate on Afghanistan. I am so frusrated after reading this because iraq and afghanistan are becoming increasingly hostile and chaotic. When the focus isnt on iraq its on afghanistan and when the focus isnt on afghanistan its on iraq. They are beggining to blur into each other, existing as one giant melting pot for all that is wrong with US foreign policy.
Afghanistan has been used as a success story, brought out by politicians when coming under fire for iraq. The US has attempted to use the momentary success of afghanistan to fuel public support for iraq since the beggining of the iraqi invasion. Afghanistan has given US officials clout and ability to continue to push and fight in iraq, claiming that it will one day turn into Afghanistan. However, as recent events have unfolded, it seems as though afghanistan is slowly beggining to descend into the afghanistan we all remember- a country plagued with warfare and poverty.
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