Throughout weeks of recent anti-government protests in Iraq the US wasn’t immediately clear on their position. It was only following weekend reports of Iran trying to save the current government and forestall early elections that the US declared itself firmly on the side of early elections.
The White House demanded that the Iraqi government immediately fulfill talk of reforms and early elections by President Salih, further demanding an immediate halt on violence against Iraqi protesters.
These are somewhat uncharacteristic positions for the US to take on Iraq, as generally they, like Iran, prefer to prolong the survival of governments at any cost, and they’ve rarely presented anything like opposition to crackdowns on public protests before.
President Salih’s office has reportedly finalized the new elections draft law, and would allow for early elections. The new law would reduce the minimum age for MPs to 25, and reduce the size of parliament.
and it falls perfectly into place… yes, please have early elections. please rush into the honeypot we have set up, please, I know this is uncharacteristic of us, but we believe in liberty. Elections Now! for Iraq, for Humanity.
mwuaahh…
Muqtada al Sadr apparently knows what he think about further US interference as he told the US not to intervene, or:
“it will be the end of its presence in Iraq by a million protesters in the street under my request”.
I guess we can only hope for US interference then.
The US demands.
How about ending the US wars, invasions, destructions, occupations, and killings.
Ingrate Iraqis just don’t appreciate the wonderful democracy forced upon them at gunpoint by USA.
Iraq to America: How ’bout you have a real democracy since you like to crow so much about it.
They are “shooting their own people” shouldn’t we do something?
They are “shooting their own people” shouldn’t we do something?
We are so generous. Worrying about Iraqi elections, Bolivian elections, Venezuela elections… our Congress has no time for our country’s needs.
Over 400 Bill’s sent to the senate since 2018. Mitch won’t bring them to consideration on the senate floor. The problem in Congress is the fascist GOP. Why burn the reichstag when you can just ignore your responsibility and do the same thing. All GOP have to go.