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19 Feb, 9 tweets, 6 min read
Thread: The substantial (but incremental) expansion of NATO’s training mission in Iraq announced today [~500 to ~4000] is just continuity of the Trump Administration’s policy of withdrawal from #Syria / #Iraq backfilled by #NATO in order to pivot to Asia

cnbc.com/2021/02/18/nat… Image
1. DEC. 2019- JAN 2020: US desperate to withdraw from Syria/Iraq and have NATO backfill troops so US CENTCOM assets/commitments would be reduced “and then shifted either to increase readiness of the force in the continental U.S. or shifted into Indo-Pacom." ImageImageImageImage
2. JAN-FEB 2020: Trump, Milley, Esper, Pompeo all start pushing for an expansion of the #NATO mission in Syria/Iraq.

NATO agrees.

Unfortunately, Soleimani assassination/subsequent tensions with Iran and COVID-19 put all these plans on hold. Everyone bunkers down or withdraws. ImageImageImageImage
3. FEB 2021: Enter Biden Administration, which picks up exactly where Trump Administration left off in #Iraq

nato.int/cps/su/natohq/… Image
4. Expect a similar approach to #Syria, as well. Prepare for bullshit like this Jeffrey interview
5. And absurd misrepresentations like this one
6. This withdrawal from Iraq has technically been ongoing since 2018
7. For example
You get the idea.

Fin.

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