Trump's abandonment of the Kurds is also probably a huge factor. I never deployed to Iraq and don't know many people who did (I was isolated in a "NATO bubble" in Europe), but I hear OIF combat veterans really took this issue to heart.
I can't believe I forgot about that. It's amazing how ancient everything pre-COVID seems.
I could see that though. If anyone could remember this it's the troops who had potatoes angrily flung at them by Kurdish civilians out of a feeling of betrayal.
lol. Okay. I have no idea what you just said.
But here's a rec.