I use 'you' for Americans

Sorry

Habit

Most of the people in here are American

Ok. Idk, even then there's still sentiment after US intervention within locals that America should gtfo

Where?

Iraqis after the second invasion?

Yeah, and during american colonization

"american colonization" ?

What, when, where?

The Iraqi one would be because it was the second invasion, something which shouldn't have happened

Sadam should have been removed after the first one

And the development which was started AFTER the second invasion should have happened just after the first invasion

Firstly, like post Vietnam, was a hate America - hate China even more - then now love America relationship.

"Firstly, like post Vietnam" That's because the Vietcong won

Kek

America abandoned them just like it's doing in the Middle East.

I'm not surprised people are unhappy with the USA.

Usually countries don't know how good they got when America was "around" (be it bilateral military training or intervension) until after America is forced to leave by local demand

It's just an odd predicament for the US. I see more of the "gtfo america" sentiment

Americans need to take the approach of the British, getting the locals more involved

The aim should be to make it so the locals can replace the troops.

That's exactly what the British were doing in Afghanistan and it worked to great effect

The US started doing the same after many years and again pulled out too early.

We should just never go in

You can't just enter a place, occupy it and throw equipment around and expect it to work

So how long should they have stayed in Syria?

The Americans should have stayed in Kurdistan, not Syria for at least another 4-5 years

Cause locals still get frustrated that America is still around and think we can manage shit

There was limited troops there as is

No, the Kurds NEEDED the US troops.

Yeah

The US troops were the thing keeping the Turks from invading

As they're doing now after the US left.

And keeping the Russians from bombing the Kurds

Since they don't want to risk an international incident, killing US troops.

So the US troops simply being there, kept the fighting down.

They should have stayed until the Kurds had to power to self-defend themselves from the Turks on their Northern border.

Funnily enough the US fucked the Kurds by encouraging them to remove their fortifications on the Turkish border.

Then just left.

The kurds don't look like they'll ever have the power for self-defense against a bigger country like Turkey any decade soon