The Iraqi Prime Minister has officially asked President Obama for more military aid (FOX News). This is after there have been several attacks recently over in that area. But is it worth it to give Iraq any more aid after we have already given so much to that nation?
The United States has given almost 1trillion dollars to the Iraqi government and thousands of troops. Ever since America has been fighting terrorists with Iraq, 4500 troops have been killed in over ten years of fighting. And ever since thousands of troops have been brought home there has been a rise in bombings and terrorist acts. So who knows, maybe it is right for us to help them a bit more. But in my eyes it's not worth it for us to spend more money when it seems like we are not getting anything in return.
The way I see it is if we won't give military aid to Syria, who has had more problems lately than Iraq, than we shouldn't help anybody right now. I think that we have done our part in Iraq and I think that they should become more independent and use the training that we gave them to control their people. Also it seems like no matter how much time and effort that we give to Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries it will EVER change. Sadly it is the truth and there will never be a perfect formula to create peace in that area of the world.
So no, I do not believe that giving Iraq more help will benefit us in any way. It will just hurt our economy even more and possibly risk more lives. We've already done a ton to help Iraq and there's nothing more that we could do to help them anymore. There is also more risk because they could always turn on us with our own weapons which would just lead to more problems.
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