War

The Iraq war was a failure.

"And it is not a partner of the United States on any of the key issues in the region: From its evasion of economic sanctions on Iran to its support for the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad, Iraq stands in Tehran’s camp, not Washington’s. The reality is that the United States has not achieved its national-security objectives in Iraq and is not likely to do so."

This is pretty much exactly what many critics predicted back in 2003. If Americans had stayed ten more years, or 20, all this would still have happened once they left.

Afghan bomber kills 14 including three Americans. Two more Americans killed in gunfight with Afghan soldiers.