Recent attacks on US convoys and rocket strikes near the Amerian embassy are causing a growing problem in Iraq, and the government is trying to warn Shi’ite militias against unilateral actions, admonishing them for not having the authority to declare war.
The problem is that the violence is riling up US officials, and leading the US to threaten to pull out of the Iraqi Embassy outright. The US goal is to convince Iraq to do something to tamp down the militias.
That’s easier said than done, however, as the Iraqi government has shown a consistent inability to limit the militias, and US actions have tended to make things even worse.
For the US, just stopping the attacks probably won’t be enough, as they’ve long sought to eliminate the militias, arguing that they are Iranian proxies. The groups are legally part of the security forces, with complicated ties to the political groups.
an excellent idea—and remove all military also
If the Iraqis were clever they would just kick them out! all of them. The US , the British, the Australians, The Canadians and the New Zealanders, (five eyes) plus the French, The Saudis and anyone else that has been involved in the overthrow of Iraq over the last 120 years !
A good start in helping humanity would be to closes all of our embassies because they only serve as expensive real estate for our incompetent proconsuls.
The Americans might leave? OH DARN THAT WOULD BE SO TERRIBLE.
I dare you close it…!
Close the embassy, leave with all your staff and let Iraq, that you “freed”, go it alone.
That embassy was quite an investment surrounded by a huge “green zone” and the US will just walk away?, I doubt it but if we did leave we would probably blow up the whole works just to spite those who would be rid of us. Maybe Donald can make a deal and pick it up for peanuts, possibly turn it into a resort and dig himself out of the hole he is in, either that or start a war. Oh and make the tax payer pay for it.