US Says It's Not Discussing Withdrawing From Iraq - News From Antiwar.com
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The State Department on Wednesday said that at "no point" in recent talks with the Iraqi government has the US discussed the idea of withdrawing troops from Iraq. The comments came in response to questions about reports saying that the US was planning to withdraw. Tasnim, an Iranian news agency,…

Iraq’s government has been under pressure to expel the US since January 2020, when a US drone strike in Baghdad killed Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani and PMF leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. After the strike, the Iraqi parliament voted to expel US forces, but the US refused to leave.

  • ☭ Blursty ☭@lemmygrad.ml
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    3 months ago

    Probably just cultural hegemony. American liberals see Israelis as “white” so they’ll back them to the hilt. Christian fascists see them as ushering in the end times. No president wants to be the one that lost that foothold in the ME. Probably a lot of people in power directly benefit from bribery or are at risk of losing a lot via blackmail. Like Bill Clinton was.