Our European and Canadian friends have seen the writing on the wall and are withdrawing their sparse military forces out of Iraq.
Some NATO allies are pulling their militaries out of Iraq because of security concerns, a move that comes after the alliance suspended a mission to train Iraqi forces.
Germany will send 30 of its 120 soldiers in Iraq to Jordan and Kuwait while others will remain positioned in the less volatile Kurdistan region.
Germany’s defense and foreign ministries announced the moves in a letter to parliament Monday.
“When the training is able to resume, the military personnel can be reinstated,” the two ministries said in a joint letter, Deutsche Welle reported.
Other countries have taken similar steps.
Some of Canada’s 500 troops in Iraq will be temporarily moved to Kuwait, said Gen. Jonathan Vance, chief of the defense staff, in a letter to military families.
“Simply put, we are doing this to ensure their safety and security,” Vance wrote in the letter, which he shared on social media Tuesday.
It’s the right move. Most European countries have relatively normal relations with Iran and want no part of a military conflict with them. The United States doesn’t have normal relations with Iran because its foreign policy is controlled by Israel, neocons and crazy Jews.
