“The Iraqi government will be held accountable.”
Any cut off in aid from the U.S. will make the Iraqi gov’t even more dependent on Iran. Right now, they are trying to play both sides.
“We should also be questioning the military actions we recently took in Iraq and Syria.”
It was a legitimate decision. Kataib Hezbollah (IRI) has been building up munitions in both.
“American officials have blamed the group for attacks like one on Friday on a base near Kirkuk, Iraq, that killed a US civilian contractor and injured four other US service members.”
“US officials said the five targets included three Kataib Hezbollah locations in Iraq and two in Syria. Those locations included weapon storage facilities and command and control locations that the group uses “to plan and execute attacks on OIR (Operation Inherent Resolve) coalition forces,” according to the Pentagon.”
More dependent on Iran? For what? How much aid is Iran providing Iraq? If anything, the Iraqi government is being held hostage by Iranian backed militia.
It was a legitimate decision. Kataib Hezbollah (IRI) has been building up munitions in both.
Not a question of legitimacy. The Iranians are trying to provoke us into taking military action. They shot down our drones as well. We need to be smart and not take knee jerk reactions that are counterproductive. What will the invasion of our Embassy compound presage?
We could have addressed the IRI through more covert means rather than using high profile air attacks inside Iraq. Trump is battling the bureaucracy over removing troops from Afghanistan and Syria. They are undermining his decisions.