Two billion dollars a week spent for nothing

A prominent British analyst emphasized that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq caused the balance of power in the Middle East to change in favor of Iran.

Alexis Crow said about the US troop withdrawal plan from Afghanistan: “In my opinion, after the killing of Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, it was the right time to announce the US troop withdrawal plan because after bin Laden’s death, the withdrawal of US troops is more justified. The problem that There is something about the policy of America and the West regarding Afghanistan, that they constantly change their goals of the war in Afghanistan and declare a different goal of the war at any time, and this shows that the United States and the West have no long-term plan for the war in Afghanistan. do not have“
This English analyst, who works at the Institute of Strategic Studies in London, said about the problem of American policy towards Iraq and Afghanistan: “The problem that the American war in Iraq created was that it upset the balance of power in the Middle East and allowed Iran to become a regional mediator and upset this balance of power in the region. This situation gave Iran a significant power against the Taliban, so that Iran can use the leverage of the Taliban and other Afghan groups in the dialogue with the United States, because whenever the United States wants to put pressure on Iran, Iran incites the Afghan groups against the United States. slow“
In the end, he emphasized: “Unfortunately, America’s policies towards Afghanistan are heavily influenced by the internal politics of this country, and American governments regulate their policies towards Afghanistan to achieve their internal goals.“
It should be noted that US President Barack Obama announced in a speech on Thursday night that until September In 2012 , 30,000 American troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan. Analysts consider this action more than anything else to be a response to the heavy pressures that fruitless wars in the Middle East have imposed on the American economy and practically turned it into a third world country. Western sources say that the US government plans to save 40 billion dollars by 2014 with this measure. Obama also said in his speech on Thursday that he thinks it is time for these wars to end and for the American government to deal with the internal situation of the people of this country, which is getting worse every day..
However, Western analysts say that it is unlikely that this action of Obama will significantly help him in the 2012 elections. For example, John Nichols, the analyst of Nishan magazine, told Al Jazeera English yesterday in this regard: “This Obama plan does not convince the American voters because the American people want the immediate return of all their forces from Afghanistan. The political risk that Obama may face is that there will be a Republican candidate who actually wants to quickly withdraw the troops.“
It should be mentioned that some strategic centers of the West have announced that the US spends at least 2 billion dollars a week for the presence of its soldiers in Afghanistan, and this cost is apart from other large costs that the American taxpayers bear for their country’s occupation of Afghanistan.

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