Saudi Arabia has said it will not retaliate and wants Iraq to "take the necessary measures." Baghdad is under pressure from the United States to rein in Iran-backed militias.
Iraq fundamentally doesn’t have the power to control its entire territory so it has to pick the least bad option for who to allow to occupy some areas. And considering that one option is ISIS, most of the others start looking a lot more appealing by comparison.
Funny you mention that. Apparently, the president vetoed the previous PM pick for Iraq, (they were given a weak parlimentary system to prevent a strongman taking over, just as we did with Japan and Germany,) and orchestrated this newer guy getting in.
The newer guy just went on a purge of the elite, targeting the shia iranian connected elite.
The Iraqi PM is the president’s bitch. The US will only need to help them with ntel. Normally an airstrike or two but they are stretched thin.
Iraq fundamentally doesn’t have the power to control its entire territory so it has to pick the least bad option for who to allow to occupy some areas. And considering that one option is ISIS, most of the others start looking a lot more appealing by comparison.
Lol won’t stop the USA from taking a little expedition
Funny you mention that. Apparently, the president vetoed the previous PM pick for Iraq, (they were given a weak parlimentary system to prevent a strongman taking over, just as we did with Japan and Germany,) and orchestrated this newer guy getting in.
The newer guy just went on a purge of the elite, targeting the shia iranian connected elite.
The Iraqi PM is the president’s bitch. The US will only need to help them with ntel. Normally an airstrike or two but they are stretched thin.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/sep/13/iraq-normal-again-mass-arrests-cash-seizures-end-corruption