Ed Krayewski on How Iraq Could Become a Terror Threat to the U.S.

One of the
arguments deployed for continued U.S. involvement in Iraq is that
the rise of jihadist groups like the Islamic State in Iraq and
Syria (ISIS) in the region will lead to more terrorism directed at
the United States. “The seeds of 9/11s are being planted all over
Iraq and Syria,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) warned last
week. As Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) noted this weekend, the
blame for the current instability in the Middle East could be
placed on the disastrous Iraq War waged by the U.S. in the last
decade. Indeed, U.S. interventions across the wider region have
helped Al Qaeda-linked groups like ISIS set up base. Yet,
insofar as the terrorist threat to America is real, writes Ed
Krayewski, U.S. intervention to date has helped to create the
conditions on the ground to incubate such a threat.

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