“It is quite possible that the protestors are Iraqis who want the US out”
Yeah....ok. The attack on the one in Lybia was because of a YouTube video too.
“We shouldn’t even have an embassy there. It’s all bogus.”
Well we do. And that means it is going to be guarded and defended (unlike the one in Libya), as necessary, whether people have the stomach for it or not.
So the US should double down on the stupid moves that got us into this no-win war in the first place? Bush removed the anti-Iranian tyrant and replaced him with a pro-Iranian tyrant. The two sects are never going to be at peace, and no matter what, the US has no interests there. Get all Americans out of Iraq. It is a quagmire with no good ending.