America, An Empire on its Last Leg: To be Kicked Out from the Middle East?

“While a major US troop withdrawal is unlikely in the foreseeable future, “America’s War on Terrorism” is in jeopardy. Nobody believes that America is going after the terrorists. In Iraq and Syria, everybody knows that all Al Qaeda, ISIS-Daesh affiliated entities are supported by US-NATO. The “Yankee Go Home” process has commenced. The US is not only being ousted from Iraq and Syria, its strategic presence in the broader Middle East is also threatened. And these two processes are intimately related.”

By Prof Michel choossudovsky
Global Research

America’s hegemonic military agenda in the Middle East has reached a dangerous threshold.

The assassination of IRGC General Soleimaniordered by the President of the United States on January 3, 2020 is tantamount to an Act of War against Iran.

President Donald Trumpaccused Soleimani of “plotting imminent and sinister attacks”: “We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war….we caught him in the act and terminated him.”

US Defense SecretaryMark T. Esperdescribed it as a “decisive defensive action” while confirming that the operation ordered by POTUS had been carried out by the Pentagon.“The game has changed” said Esper.

What the media has failed to acknowledge isGeneral Soleimani’s central role in countering ISIS-Daesh and Al Qaeda terrorists in both Iraq and Syria.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC) under the helm of General Soleimani consisted in…

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