One keeps wondering if there is an upper limit on the stupidity, the fecklessness, the illegality, and the national vandalism this administration wields with all of its arrogance. None sighted yet.
It is like waves hitting the beach...relentless.
Four bases: Irbil, Balad, Al Faw/mBIAP and Tallil. No problems, no IS. Everybody friends.
They’re paying the price for not allowing permanent US troop presence and a liberal SOFA.
Don’t pussy-foot this. Go for the big win. 100-year leases and decent SOFA. We’ll secure the peace and they’ll be able to export Iraqi, Kuwaiti, SA and Qatari oil to EU in counterbalance to Russia’s petro politics. Everybody wins. Everybody friends.
Option #2: F-the republic and go in via the autonomous states starting with Kurdistan. Write our own rules necessary to secure the area and execute. When the Shia and Sunni catch on we’ll do the same for them. Then Iraq gets to develop and prosper. Otherwise chaos and death is their future.