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Broken trust: How Iraqis lost their faith in Washington, long before the Kurds did

  • Written by Mieczysław P. Boduszyński, Assistant Professor of Politics, Pomona College
Broken trust: How Iraqis lost their faith in Washington, long before the Kurds didA mass grave is excavated in Khan Al-Rubea in 2003 that witnesses say is filled with the remains of Shia whom Saddam executed in 1991. AP/Hasan Sarbakhshian

In all the hand-wringing that critics and commentators have done since President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of U.S. troops from northern Syria, one of the common refrains emphasizes...

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