And if they don’t leave? Face it when Saddam and the Republican Guards were overthrown , there was a defacto civil war within Iraq. The Sunnis chose to align themselves with Saudi financed ISIS. They lost. The Iranians had no choice but to support the Shi’ites. They could not allow a Sunni jihadist state to establish itself on its borders. When the Kursish leadership was bought off and the Kurds withdrew from Kirkuk, they too effectively lost despite all their heroic fighting and sacrifices. The Shi’ites and the Iranians have won. The Iranians are consolidating their victory and will not withdraw. The US is left to ponder the foolishness of sacrificing three thousand dead, tens of thousands more physically and psychologically maimed, three trillion dollars squandered in nation building aid to one of the world’s most oil rich nations. Too bad the globalists didn’t understand or read Washington’s farewell address when he warned future generations to avoid foreign entanglements.The
iranians have won and will dominate the area for the forseeable future.
If that means ISIS is gone for good, the Kurds get their well-deserved state, and our troops get out of Syria, which we violated by promoting a coup attempt and invaded, why not? As long as neither Iran nor Israel have nuclear bombs, let them all work it out.
“The iranians have won and will dominate the area for the forseeable future.”
Nothing is permanent, especially not in the volatile Middle East. The Iranians have several weaknesses and challenges to their rule.
Number one is the Iraqis. The Shia in Iraq want to be the boss. There is a dragon’s horde of riches in the oil fields of Iraq, and many of the locals are bold murderers who will seek to be on top of that horde. A lot of the Iranian surrogates in Iraq are mainly just trying to use Iranian backing to advance their own power in Iraq. There is no honor among thieves.