On Monday, Iran told the UN that it had nothing to do with recent rocket attacks on US bases inside Iraq and said claims that Tehran was involved are “completely baseless and lacking legal credibility.”
After a rocket attack in Erbil, Iraq, killed a US contractor last month, President Biden bombed Iraqi militias in eastern Syria. The Pentagon said the targets they hit were facilities used by “Iranian-backed” militias and framed it as a response to the Erbil attack, although the US never presented evidence that the group they hit was responsible.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has not had any involvement, directly or indirectly, in any armed attacks by any entities or individuals against the United States in Iraq,” Iran’s UN envoy Majid Takht-Ravanchi said in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
The US is quick to blame any violence against its forces in Iraq on Iran or “Iranian-backed” Shia militias of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), which was formed in 2014 to fight ISIS. But the reality is, there are many forces that have their own reasons to fire on the US inside Iraq.
Most PMF groups are aligned with Iran, although how much control Tehran has over these militias is generally overblown by the US government and media outlets. All indications show that Iran is seeking to de-escalate with the US as it is hoping for sanctions relief from the new administration. Orchestrating attacks on US forces inside Iraq would not help Tehran achieve this goal.
It’s a new administration, but it’s just new faces. The former owners are still calling the shots. Safer to hope for Christ to star in Vegas.
“All this election stuff is just kabuki for the rubes in fly over land. There is one party and its the establishment party. [It] Doesnt matter which party wins the election. What you're going to get is more of the same because they’re both part of the same crew. Because if you are a member of the establishment and you propose anything more than five degrees rudder change from current policy, you instantly cease to be a member of the establishment.
Regardless of who’s in
regardless of what power, what party, all the rest of it. You are going to get more of the same because thats all the establishment is capable of doing. They insulate themselves from, reality by making sure that no one is ever heard who has a contrary opinion”
More priceless analysis by Mr. William S. Lind… Has anyone said it better…??? Is anyone still wondering why this place is where empires go to get a haircut… or die…. Shades of A.J. and prisonplanet dot com.. but AJ is no WSL & visa versa… 1OOOs of thanks to Scot…. I hope I transcribed this quote correctly…