“state-backed militias, known as the Popular Mobilization Forces”
Pro-Khamenei Iraqi PMF Militia Threatens United States
https://raddingtonreport.com/pro-khamenei-iraqi-pmf-militia-threatens-united-states/
This is what happens when Shia muslims control Baghdad. It is an Iranian protectorate now.
I suspect the US leaned on Erbil and Barzani to fall back instead of totally confront the “state militias”.
Consequences?
We wait.
Who is commanding the Kurds? I think with Trump’s silence that something bigger is amok. And yes I think the Kurds were wise to withdraw with the terrorist Iranians taking over Iraq. Time to plan with Israel? Thinking about the kurds in Iran? They were basically surrounded, at least Israel has the sea. Their time will come if they acknowledge the One True God of Israel and they are in fact the Medes of the prophecies. God does do things like that. :)