US struggles to differentiate between Iraqi Shi’ites and Iran continue to define recent struggles within Iraq, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks to be making that worse, declaring Iraqi politician Hadi al-Amiri to be “an Iranian proxy” on Wednesday.
While Amiri, the leader of the Badr Brigade, has close historic ties to Iran, presenting him as an Iranian proxy oversimplifies matters within Iraqi politics, and dangerously alienates a politically important bloc.
In addition to the Badr Brigade, Amiri is also the head of the Fatah Alliance, the second largest bloc within Iraq’s parliament. This is a large part of the ruling coalition, and second only to Moqtada al-Sadr’s bloc, which the US also is not on good terms with.
Amiri’s role as a top member of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) necessarily puts him in opposition to the US now that US forces are openly attacking PMU bases. In singling him out, however, Pompeo may have sped up the parliament’s talk of expelling US forces.
I love that we intentionally supported all the same people as Iran because we didn’t want to support nationalists, but we then go and b*tch about it…. How is it the people who cause the problems always wanna cry about them after the fact.
I guess that means Pompous Minimus plans to assassinate him.
Fat Mike Pompeo is an Israeli proxy.
So an Iraqi MP is an Iranian proxy and Iran has influence in Iraq. I wonder how Iranian influence in Iraq compares with israeli influence in the USA. Would an Iranian leader receive 29 standing ovations in Iraq’s Parliament? Would Iraq invade countries thousands of miles away for Iran’s benefit?
Proxy: the function or power of a person AUTHORIZED to act for another. 2. the person so AUTHORIZED.
So what is Mr. Cholesterol’s problem?
Well Saddam was a US Proxy….until he was of no use for the US.
All Iraqi governments since 2003 have been US Proxy/Puppets.
When US Proxy/Puppets are of no use any more, they first get demonized by the US and MSM, then they get bombed, invaded and killed.
Trump’s administration is drinking some sort of kool aid.