https://wsj.com/world/middle-east/iraq-prime-minister-says-u-s-l…
Iraq’s prime minister said the U.S.-led military coalition that has been helping his country fight Islamic State militants is no longer needed, though he still wants strong ties with Washington.
“We believe the justifications for the international coalition have ended,” Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani told The Wall Street Journal, as the war in Gaza frays Iraqi relations with Washington.
Sudani didn’t set a deadline for the departure of the coalition, which was formed in 2014 to mentor and support Iraqi forces in regaining control of their country after Islamic State militants seized swaths of northern and western Iraq.
Nor did Sudani close the door to a role for U.S. troops advising Iraqi forces to remain in the country under a new bilateral relationship that he said should follow.
But in an interview Tuesday during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Sudani expressed broad dissatisfaction with American policy on the Gaza conflict. The West had turned a blind eye toward the plight of the Palestinians before Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel, he said, calling for increased pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end what he described as genocide.
@Vot3rVo1ceHarryLibertarian5mos5MO
Great, bring our troops home. Iraq will fall apart and if Iran does anything stupid, bomb them back to stone age and we don't need nukes to do it. With Iran's nuke program, all we have to do is send cruise missiles to all entry and exit points. Wait six months and watch the mountain raise 6 ft and then drop back down 10ft. Iran's nuclear program would be gone, simple. No radiation leaks and no survivors to start their program back up. If they protest, tell them to pound sand wear the sun don't shine.
@WittyJerkyRepublican5mos5MO
Now why didn't our military think of that? Kind of an easy solution to a complex problem. If it was that easy the Israelis' would have done it long ago. I'm sure Trump would not have interfered with that mission.
It's not going to be that easy to get to their nuclear program in it's totality.
@PolicyMariaRepublican5mos5MO
This article should read "Iran Prime Minister Says U.S.-Led Military Coalition in Iraq Is No Longer Needed" since everyone knows who's really in charge there.
@ZealfulActivistConstitution5mos5MO
Iran all but runs the Iraqi government with operatives embedded in key institutions and the security services and funding and arming the pro-Iranian paramilitaries. Iran aims to Lebanonize Iraq, keep it weak and under its control as part of its "axis of resistance" against Israel and to exert domination in the Arab world.
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