Joe Biden is ending America's post-9/11 wars

US President Joe Biden displayed his strong intention of combating terrorism in the country from Iraq by the end of the year. The announcement comes on the heels of Biden's decision to withdraw fully from Afghanistan nearly 20 years after the US launched that war in response to 9/11terrorist attacks. The U.S troops returned to Iraq in 2014 after the emergence of the ISIS terrorist group that had captured large parts of the country and neighboring Syria. Currently, there are 2,500 U.S troops in Iraq.

Biden along with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi sealed an agreement recently on formally ending the US combat mission in Iraq by the end of 2021, but US forces will still operate there in an advisory role.

Biden and Al Kadhimi as part of strategic dialogue. Biden mentioned that their role in Iraq will be to be available, to continue to train, to assist, to help, and to deal with ISIS as it arises, but they not going to be in the combat mission. Last week itself the terrorist group claimed responsibility for a roadside bombing that killed at least 30 people in the Baghdad market.

 Even former President Obama was reluctant to continue the relations with Afghanistan after the 9/11 attack in Washington at Pentagon. Together with his agreement on Iraq, the Biden is ending the combat missions that then-President George W. Bush began under his watch nearly two decades ago. 

A US official said that nobody is going to declare mission accomplished. The goal is the enduring defeat of ISIS. They think that by the end of the year we think we’ll be in a good place to really formally move into an advisory and capacity-building role. US diplomats and troops in Iraq and Syria were targeted in three rocket and drone attacks earlier this month. Analysts believed the attacks were part of a campaign by Iranian-backed militias.