President Donald Trump has started to decrease troops presence in the middle east. Some wonder what would happen if we totally eliminated them. Some believe that Al Queda ia not a threat. However, the wars roots started 20 years ago with Al Qaeda and the attacks of 9/11. National Interest publishes an OP ED weighing the risk of leaving the middle east.
Source: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-lose-war-afghanistan-and-embolden-al-qaeda-173185