Trump’s Iran campaign is repeating the mistakes of Iraq: no Phase IV plan, no coalition, no domestic support.
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Iraq and Lebanon are caught in the crossfire; Maliki defies U.S. warnings, and Israel targets Hezbollah.
Kurdistan is the Bermuda Triangle of international politics; U.S. policy is trapped by its own contradictions.
Regime change by bombing is a fantasy; Iraq and Libya proved decapitation brings chaos, not peace.
The Trump administration is reportedly considering a plan for the U.S. to lead the administration of Gaza after Israel’s siege,…
U.S. security aid to Iraq—$13.8 billion since 2015—is now suspended, forcing Baghdad to make an impossible choice.
Iraq is being pulled into the war; rockets have landed across the country, and the government does not fully control the factions.
Iraq’s foreign policy is shaped by internal rivalries and militia influence, not strategy; pro-U.S. factions gain as Iran weakens.
Two Iran-aligned Iraqi factions are openly recruiting for war, alarming the Iraqi government; the factions “listen to no one.”
Iraq’s election is quiet, but the next prime minister faces monumental challenges: water, U.S. demands, and U.S.-Iran entanglement.