Foreign Policy: Obama haste to withdraw its troops from Iraq allowed al-Maliki of exclusivity govern

Foreign Policy: Obama haste to withdraw its troops from Iraq allowed al-Maliki of exclusivity governance

10/30/2013 translation term

Iraq ignites two years after American troops leave the country, raging violence is a serious political challenge to the Obama administration, and a warning of what could happen in Afghanistan if what has been the withdrawal of all American military units from this country.

And tries to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who will visit Washington to seek U.S. assistance in its fight against Islamic militants who have killed more than five thousand Iraqis since the beginning of the year, including 600 in the current month only.

There is a bitter irony contained in Maliki's flight; In autumn 2011 conducted the Obama administration and the Maliki government negotiations reached an impasse on an agreement that would pave the way for the continued U.S. military presence in the country by ensuring complete immunity to American from prosecution, he took Obama to withdraw all the pieces fighter after Maliki said his inability to hold such a convention.

Two years later, al-Maliki tries to turn the clock back and ask the United States to increase security cooperation with the government.
Despite the fact that Afghanistan is not Iraq, but Afghan President Hamid Karzai faces a similar dilemma regarding the future of the U.S. military presence in his country, where Washington is demanding its troops immunity as it did with Baghdad as opposed to Karzai publicly provided, as did al-Maliki.


This impasse prompted the Obama administration to think something unthinkable even a few months ago, a complete withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan, which is the primary battlefield of the war on terrorism.


Says Douglas Oliphant, retired officer who had already served in Iraq as a director at the National Security Council during the Bush administration and the Obama "We must not underestimate never the ability of foreign leaders on a misunderstanding of the red lines that we set.'ve Thought Maliki that we can ask nothing less than ensuring immunity and was wrong to do so. might offend Karzai also understand that this is a red line for us. "


It was not supposed to play this way in any of the two countries. In Iraq, he called for a bilateral agreement in 2008 between al-Maliki and President Bush to leave all U.S. ground forces country by the end of 2011, the date did not think a lot of officials the possibility of its implementation. In late 2011 was still some senior officers Americans expect the deal to keep the 8-15 thousand fighters in Iraq indefinitely, but they were wrong; When insisted al-Maliki on his position on the issue of immunity, surprised Obama Pentagon ordering the withdrawal of all the pieces of the country by December 31 The first of the same year.


It was the withdrawal of a direct impact on the Iraqi army emerging; Fbmah sight lost Iraqi military trainers Americans who were living with them and fighting on their side also been withdrawn military specialists who were helping Iraqis in the collection and analysis of information battle that reduced the amount of information held by Iraqi forces for senior al Qaeda leaders or for high-profile attacks in the future.
On the other hand reported a Corner that Maliki's visit to Washington comes at a time deteriorate the security situation in Iraq, and thousands of Iraqis fall at the hands of extremists allied with al-Qaeda, and the western border with Syria open its power allows for extremists of all sects to fight alongside different parties in Syria and Iraq.
Maliki has a shopping list that contains a U.S. military materials to help control the border include aircrafts and helicopters march or wireless devices objection.


But the basic problem is that al-Maliki has collected in the grip exercised authority against the Sunnis, while maneuvering the Kurds to secede from the central government in Baghdad. In April next parliamentary elections will be Iraq confusing It is believed that al-Maliki will compete again on the first position.
In short, Iraq is suffering from major internal chaos caused by Obama's decision to withdraw all U.S. troops, prompting Maliki to walk into a dead end.
It is very likely that the White House agrees to provide financial aid for empty promise from al-Maliki not to allow flights to continue carrying Iranian arms and men to the Assad regime in Syria.In fact, maybe Maliki from the Iranians will be asked to reduce the number of those trips.

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