India, Oct. 11 -- Iraq has weighed heavily on the American psyche after years of US military engagement, billions of dollars in expenditure, and thousands of American and Iraqi lives lost.

grammatical corrections do not confirm the accuracy of the article's claims, particularly those concerning the US withdrawal, Iraq's political leadership, the Iran conflict and the status of air-defence systems.

Introduction

On 30 September, the last US troops left Iraq, ending more than two decades of US military presence. Since the 2003 invasion, the US-Iraq relationship has been defined by the presence of American troops. The security agreement to end Operation Inherent Resolve, the mission to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), w...