Operation Epic Fury: 'Tell me how this ends.'
· dov zakheim, opinion contributor
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- US-led coalition withdraws from Iraq in 2011, leaving behind a power vacuum that led to the rise of ISIS
- ISIS is defeated in 2017 with the help of US airstrikes and Iraqi ground forces
- Iraq continues to grapple with sectarian tensions and corruption 15 years after the US withdrawal
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