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Trump Says US Will Not Leave Iraq Until Baghdad Pays for American Air Base, Threatens Sanctions

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 not too far from its borders, if not for stability then atleast for the protection of its interests... Iraq signed a large contract with China that is threatened by US interventions.
 
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excuse my ignorance but I don't understand this sanctions thing. What does it really mean and how can a country stop other countries from carrying out defence related transactions with the rest of the world? I mean how the f?
 
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US will freeze Iraqi foreign reserves now. Trump is not stupid and they are doing it accordingly to the plan and keeping all the contingencies in mind. US has made a solid move and the ball is in Iranian/Iraqi Court now. So the counter reply from Iran and company is just verbal threats.
 
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We need a multi-polar world to boycott US products which is slowly happening; thanks to China.

Thanks to China, thanks to Russia, thanks to Iran and even thanks to countries like Japan and South Korea. As US Empire of Evil continue to crumble countries like Japan, South Korea etc. will become more independent. And this is what Multipolar World is about.

So basically a new war starts over Iraq, a new war imposed by outsiders on Iraq. War which causes Iraqi civilians pain and suffering again.

Poor people of Iraq never get a break.

Maybe Iraq will finaly manage to kick US terrorists out of the country. US founded Daesh to have excuse to continue ocuppation of Iraq, but martyr Soleimani defeated US Daesh. That's why Hitler (Trump) and other US terrorists assasinated Soleimani. US terrorists assasinated Soleimani because he defeated US Daesh.
 
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excuse my ignorance but I don't understand this sanctions thing. What does it really mean and how can a country stop other countries from carrying out defence related transactions with the rest of the world? I mean how the f?

Because of the dollar, america can impose its will via financial sanctions.
 
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“We have a very extraordinarily expensive air base that’s there. It cost billions of dollars to build. Long before my time We’re not leaving unless they pay us back for it [...] We will charge them sanctions like they’ve never seen before ever. It’ll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame”, US President Donald Trump said Sunday, while he was traveling from Florida
Trump also hinted that the administration "may discuss" releasing intelligence related to the killing of Qassem Soleimani.

Thats the "justice", "freedom" and "liberties" they preach about day in day out and snakes here keep preaching we "unfree" nations would be "ignorant" of or "fail to understand".

Its just textbook extortion and blackmail by organized bloody criminals.
 
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Maybe Iraq will finaly manage to kick US terrorists out of the country. US founded Daesh to have excuse to continue ocuppation of Iraq, but martyr Soleimani defeated US Daesh. That's why Hitler (Trump) and other US terrorists assasinated Soleimani. US terrorists assasinated Soleimani because he defeated US Daesh.

I hope Iran switches policies from sectarian proxies to forming coalitions with Sunnis. We need unity right now, not divisiveness. Thanks to Iran's failed policy (and US meddling) in Syria and Iraq, sectarian tensions are at an all time high. We need to step back and re-examine our next steps.

I hope someone brave in Iran takes this moment to examine the mistakes made by Gen Sulemani type of sectarian holy warriors and realize that Iran cannot survive without the support of its Sunni neighbors, notably Pakistan, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Sunnis of Iraq/Syria.
 
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I don't think Iran is sectarian. USA is creating divisions in the region.
When it comes to Syria - Iran and Russia helped Syria defeat US founded Daesh.
 
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“We have a very extraordinarily expensive air base that’s there. It cost billions of dollars to build. Long before my time We’re not leaving unless they pay us back for it [...] We will charge them sanctions like they’ve never seen before ever. It’ll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame”
LOL, cheap businessman.
He's even cheaper than my Indian neighbor.
 
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LOL, cheap businessman.
He's even cheaper than my Indian neighbor.

Cheap businessman, murderer, terrorist and kidnapper. It was that POS Trump who ordered kidnapping Meng Wanzhou. That's why it is so importaint to boycott US companies and US products. It's easy and effective way to hasten collapse of US Empire.

They assasinated Iranian general, tommorow they can assasinate Chinese general. They could not stop at kidnapping Meng Wanzhou.
 
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I don't think Iran is sectarian. USA is creating divisions in the region.
When it comes to Syria - Iran and Russia helped Syria defeat US founded Daesh.

Forget Daesh, whom are not even Muslims.

Did you ask Sunnis of Syria and Iraq about what they think about Iranian policies in their countries?

Try asking Iran's Sunni Non-Arab neighbors, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, the same question.

Justice of Allah swt is severe and swift. Sometimes he uses our enemies to punish us like he did with Bani Israil in the Quran.
 
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Cheap businessman, murderer, terrorist and kidnapper. It was that POS Trump who ordered kidnapping Meng Wanzhou. That's why it is so importaint to boycott US companies and US products. It's easy and effective way to hasten collapse of US Empire.

They assasinated Iranian general, tommorow they can assasinate Chinese general. They could not stop at kidnapping Meng Wanzhou.
Notice it's not US kidnapping her directly, it's Canada, we executed 2 Canadians in return. She is gonna be freed by hook or by crook, till this day she has nof been extradicted, China has dozens of Huawei in the making.
 
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