#13 of 14
Operation New Dawn
This one is another in the never-ending saga of U.S. troop involvement in Iraq. Here’s the thing with fighting insurgencies, militants, and terrorists: when push comes to shove, it’s almost impossible to pin down an insurgency. After the U.S. had declared “victory” in 2010 in the Iraq War, we began a troop drawdown in Iraq. That led the way to militants increasing their use of IEDs and other asymmetrical weaponry to harm non-combatant U.S. contractors, government, and other support personnel. This, of course, led to the U.S. increasing the presence of our Advise & Assist Brigades. These brigades managed to total about 50,000 American troops — at a time when we said we were removing all combat soldiers from Iraq and ending all combat operations. There you go, Operation New Dawn! Way to get everyone out of the country! In 2010 alone, the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and the 25th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army were both deployed to Iraq while we supposedly left Iraq. That’s a lot of soldiers pretending to be policemen.
