The latest from Victor Davis Hanson

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Any gain from having more military forces “freed” from Iraq to face crises elsewhere would be vastly overshadowed by the far greater number of new crises that would soon arise — once Iranians, Syrians, Chinese, North Koreans, and the new Latin American Communists sought to emulate the successful Iraqi formula of defeating and humiliating the U. S. military.

So VDH is saying that in near future US will invade and occupy Iran, Syria, China, North Korea and several Latin American countries and have insurgency on it's hands?

What Middle Eastern illegitimate autocrat would want to host a retreating and defeated American army, a sort of modern version of Xenophon’s orphaned Ten Thousand?

Any small autocrat with good relations with US who fears either of the big neighbours. Kuwait. Qatar. Oman. Bahrain....

If IEDs worked in Iraq, why not also in Kuwait and Qatar?

Because, unlike Iraq, these two countries have functioning central governments with popular support and functioning militaries that are able to counter such threats.