Thomas Ricks: Closing the embassy in Baghdad would be a wretched end to the U.S. relationship

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

Thomas E. Ricks ✔ @tomricks1

"Closing the embassy in Baghdad would be a wretched end to the U.S. relationship .... But by assassinating Soleimani, the Trump administration just made that outcome much more likely." via @ForeignAffairs

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/iran/2020-01-03/death-us-iraqi-relationship
The Death of the U.S.-Iraqi Relationship
The assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani might claim another casualty as well: the U.S.-Iraqi relationship.

10:30 AM - Jan 4, 2020

Tossed out on our asses. That's how the whole US/Iraq thing ends after 17 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War

What if 500 Nader voters in FL stayed home that day?

[dlk]

1. Putin's goal is to remove the US from the Middle East so Russia can step in

Trump has done his part in service to Putin.

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. It should never have been built.

The size of the place was an insult to Iraqi sovereignty and indicated that the U.S. was going to be there for many years.

[roamer65]

3. Saigon. April 1975.