20 years of occupation, 300 million dollars a day

America’s failed 2-decade strategy in Afghanistan
August 24, 1401 (August 15, 2022) was the anniversary of the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan after 20 years of occupation; The event that took place at the order of “Joe Biden”; This departure, which was considered irresponsible, was followed by strong attacks from the opposition.

One of the main reasons for criticizing the various American governments is the wars abroad, especially in Afghanistan, and its trillion-dollar costs.

In relation to US spending in Afghanistan, recently Brown University, in a comprehensive study, estimated that the country has spent a total of 2.26 trillion dollars on the war in Afghanistan in the last 20 years, which began on September 11, 2001. This means that this war has cost the United States 300 million dollars per day and per capita it has been equal to 50 thousand dollars per Afghan.

In the continuation of this study, it is stated: “2.26 billion dollars of expenses in Afghanistan include more than 800 billion dollars of direct war expenses and more than 85 billion dollars spent on the training of the Afghan army.”

Inflation in America increased to 9.1% in June and in the same month, inflation in the energy sector reached 41.6%. This rate of inflation has been unprecedented in the last four decades of this countryIn terms of human casualties, the war in Afghanistan has caused the death of 2,500 American soldiers and nearly 4,000 American civilian contractors. Also, the Office of the Special Inspector General of the United States of America on Afghanistan Affairs or “Sigar” recently announced in a report that “in the 20-year war of the United States in Afghanistan, 66,000 soldiers and 48,000 Afghan civilians were killed, and 75,000 other civilians of this country were also injured.” »

Due to these loss of lives and financial costs, America finally accepted the defeat and left Afghanistan forever, but this irresponsible departure also added to the deterioration of the situation in Afghanistan and on the other hand, it caused the distrust of America’s allies in the policies of the White House.

In the post-crisis environment of Ukraine, America has also faced significant economic problems. Inflation in this country increased to 9.1% in June, and in the same month, inflation in the energy sector reached 41.6%, which is unprecedented in the last four decades of this country.

The withdrawal of defeated US forces from Somalia
About 2 decades before the French military presence in Mali, Somalia in East Africa became the target of American forces. Following the overthrow of the government of “Mohammed Ziadbare” the dictator of Somalia by the opposition groups in 1991, the American forces entered the country in 1992 under the pretext of ending the rebellions in Somalia and in fact to install a puppet government.

While the victorious groups did not reach an agreement on the formation of a coalition government and this itself led to a civil war, the presence of American soldiers in the form of UN peacekeeping forces was also met with resistance by the Somali forces.

The argument of the US Department of Defense, also known as the Pentagon and the spying organization of this country (CIA), was that in a short period of time, they will establish the desired government of the United States over Somalia, but the Somali militias went to war against the American military forces and these conflicts, damages brought more to the country.

America suffered a lot of casualties during the military occupation of Somalia and the fight against the people and militias of this country, which caused the opposition of the public opinion of the United States and caused the Congress to ask the White House to withdraw from Somalia.On the other hand, the American occupiers suffered a lot of casualties during the military occupation of Somalia and the fight against the people and militia forces of this country, which was opposed by the American public opinion, and as a result, the American Congress asked the White House to withdraw the US military from Somalia. take out
Finally, on March 25, 1994 (April 5, 1373), Bill Clinton, the president of the United States, ordered the withdrawal of American forces from this African country, and Washington left Somalia without achieving the desired result.

After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States once again resorted to violence in this country under the pretext of fighting terrorism. Meanwhile, 25% of the foreign terrorists fighting for al-Shabaab in Somalia are British nationals.

In sum, the military intervention and occupation of Somalia by the American army not only did not help to establish security and safety in that country, but the people were more exposed to danger and became poorer.

The Brookings Institute stated in a research: “In 2010, only 50 armed groups were active in Somalia, but the number of these groups increased threefold to more than 150 armed groups five years later, in 2015.” As the range of aggression and occupation of the American army expanded from Iraq to Syria and from Afghanistan to Pakistan, the war in Somalia was not limited to this country and involved Kenya as well.

Time to escape from Iraq again
The American occupying forces occupied Iraq since 2003 under the pretext of destroying chemical weapons and mass murder, but in 2011 they were forced to leave the country completely. The emergence of ISIS once again provided an excuse for their presence in this war-torn country, and their biggest base is Ain al-Asad in Al-Anbar province in the west of this country. The Americans have also deployed a number of military forces and defense systems at their embassy in the heavily guarded area in the heart of Baghdad.

The American government announced earlier that it will reduce the number of its forces in Iraq by 500 people, and then the Iraqi Joint Operations Headquarters announced that the withdrawal of the first group of American soldiers from the country has begun in the framework of the recent agreement between Baghdad and Washington.

The so-called international coalition against ISIS recently announced that the total number of American forces in Iraq is 3,000. However, some political and security sources of this country consider the actual number of these forces in their country to be more than the announced figure and want the matter to be clarified.

According to observers, the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq will end the most important crises in the Middle East and will prevent Iraq from becoming the arena of confrontation and loss of many innocent people.
Iraqi officials and people have emphasized on different occasions the need to withdraw American troops from their country in order to implement the parliament’s resolution in this regard. Many opponents of the US military presence believe that the Iraqi government should speed up the implementation of the Iraqi parliament’s decision to expel these forces before holding the parliamentary elections next June (June 1402).

According to observers, the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq will put an end to the most important crises in the Middle East and will prevent Iraq from becoming the arena of confrontation and the loss of many innocent people. In general, American militarism has always been associated with failure in recent decades, the most important reason of which is rooted in American culture.
The American analytical base “Daily Beast” recently asked the question “Why can’t the deadliest military organization in history win its wars?”