One of the big things that dictate our country’s foreign policy right now is the war in Iraq. Now, over seven years later, President Obama has withdrawn the last combat troops from the country, signifying an end of an era. More importantly than the end, however, is the beginning of a new era for the oft troubled country. Now that occupation is all but over, it is now America’s job to help Iraq rebuild itself from the ground up into a politically, socially, and economically stable nation. The US is now assuming the same role that it had previously taken in Japan and Germany after WWII and in South Korea after the Korean War, in that it, by military and economic means, it will work to restore a country it had ripped apart. Its work there is critical in the development of both Iraq and the Middle East as a whole, and thus should be covered heavily and scrutinized thoroughly.
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