It was hard not to compare Rouhani's 'daylight trip, touring every part of Iraq greeting Iraqi politicians and clerics, to Donald Trump's three-hour nighttime visit to Al-Asad Baghdad last December. ..…

It may seem shocking, given U.S in the region now, he wrote, that in pursuit of its goal, Iran will take over Iraq .. Symbolically, Rouhani's visit announces to the world, particularly United States, that Iraq is now firmly in Iranian camp, at the expense of United States.. ..…