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One word... extortion.

أَتحسَبُ انَّكَ جُرمٌ صَغير... وفيكَ أِنطوى العالمُ الأَكبر.

An expected symbolic move, the Iraqi goverment needs to show that the nation has "sovereignty", of which in reality it has none, not when you have foreign bases "illegally" on your territory. Regardles, study of human bahavior tells us you cant fully trust someone you didnt raise yourself or...

The protests are the outcome of a systemic social media compaign and a significant cash flow to so called "NGO"'s and other agents by the US and its regional proxies, an evolution of the formula used to incite color revolutions elsewhere in the world. So far no real counter strategy is observed...

He mentions Hypersonic missiles, its probably what they are waiting for. Still their biggest weapon is economic sanctions, how long can the people of Iran withstand this aggression on their daily lives. Iran wont fall by military means, only by a popular uprising.

The US is not leaving, shorterm they are counting on holding on until they can get a new Iraqi goverment in favor of them staying.

It is interesting that only 50 years after the formation of what can be called the first islamic nation in al-medina, the capital city moved from the peninsula to the levant, then to the fertile crescent, then a number of other cities, also all outside the peninsula. The greatest acheivments in...

What Iraq needs most is not military support, though certainly of prime importance, Iraq through the PMU and support from Iran has proved that it can handle threats imposed by non-state actors like ISIS, it can also inflict significant damage to state actors, even the US in asymmetric warfare...

Please consider that the US through its many agents succesfully managed to incite the October protests which gained quiet a significant momentum and that was without applying any sanctions. If the Russia-China axis truly wish to gain a foothold against US expansion, then it is "their"...

The current US strategy, as shown by the posts of US social media outlets targeting Iraqis, is to scare the public from the economic consequences of a US extrusion, mainly quoting Trumps recent threats... the dollar actually went up against the dinar. Unfortunately, such economic aggression may...

As the US behavior continues to be a net negative on the middle east as a whole and Iraq in particular, with this threat of sanctions being yet another example of such behavior, we can only hope China moves from its inward looking policy into a more active role in this part of the world which is...

As the US behavior continues to be a net negative on the middle east as a whole and Iraq in particular, with this threat of sanctions being yet another example of such behavior, we can only hope China moves from its inward looking policy into a more active role in this part of the world which is...

Muqtada al-Sadr is calling for the immediate closure of the US embassy and a "humiliating" extrusion of US forces from Iraq, also called for the formation of "International resistance units" With Pompeo proclaiming that the majority of Iraqis want the US presence to remain, one can conclude...

I,m sure Iran did their own calculations but the probability of a direct confrontation resulting in a favorable outcome is very low compared to any other possible option. It is highly unlikely that the assasination was a "rushed" decision by trump... the Americans probably made simulations...

This is not an adversary that you would take head on, one would hope Iran has the backing of other global players and is not going at this alone.

A relatively longterm lurker, thought I might as well make my presence official. For the questionaire: 1)Mostly analysis of the ongoing events in the Middle east. 2)By google, I tend to webquest often. 3)I,m mostly a consumer of information, but I see myself sharing some insights on certain...