Be Forced Out of Iraq? . The Washington Post reported, “Iraq’s new government has tried to avoid being in the middle of a tussle between Washington and Tehran.” ... The trip raised eyebrows in Washington, which fears growing Iranian influence over Baghdad..…

Be Forced Out of Iraq? . The Washington Post reported, “Iraq’s new government has tried to avoid being in the middle of a tussle between Washington and Tehran.” ... The trip raised eyebrows in Washington, which fears growing Iranian influence over Baghdad..…

That’s what happened to thousands of National Guard troops and reservists when Washington discovered its all-volunteer forces were woefully inadequate for the project of occupying Iraq after the 2003 invasion. As then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld famously explained,..…

Beyond the potential issues with angering Baghdad, American forces deployed in Iraq work with the Iraqi security forces, creating potential difficulties between Washington and Jerusalem. . ... This coming storm should be a warning to Washington that its focus in Iraq and..…

And on it goes, just as it did in Libya and pre-invasion Iraq which had suffered similarly evil sanctions for so many years. And in a particularly obscene twist of malevolence, Washington, having promoted suffering by sanctions in Venezuela had the cynical temerity to try to send..…