Before the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel’s retaliatory bombing and invasion of the Gaza Strip, both Iraq and the United States had been “on the same page,” Mr. Mansour said, and hoped to negotiate a mutually beneficial troop withdrawal arrangement.
But now there are new pressures. Much as the two countries might want to go back to the pre-Oct. 7 discussions, “things are changing, and they are trying to deal with this new, emerging reality,” Mr. Mansour said.
Analysts who follow Iraq closely suggested that recent events have put the two countries at an inflection point, potentially forcing a faster withdrawal of U.S. troops than the United States — and many in Iraq — might have hoped for..
“The problem for both the Iraqi and U.S. governments, said Renad Mansour, director of the Iraq Initiative at the London-based research group Chatham House, is “that neither wants an escalation and neither wants a continued presence of U.S. troops.”
@Patriot-#1776Constitution4mos4MO
Well I hope that warmonger in the White House is pleased with himself...
@9JRRXHB4mos4MO
whats happening with are country should come first
@9JRLZM5Republican4mos4MO
I think we should start killing the terrorists already
@9JRL2L24mos4MO
Thats good, were making progress.
i dont really care about it that much
@9JR7PTZ4mos4MO
we should turn the middle east into a glass parking lot
@9JRFVSP4mos4MO
the overall war is not okay and the us should stop funding this and interfering with someone else's war
@9JRC3Q34mos4MO
Gas prices are going higher than normal and war could break out
@9JR6R4S4mos4MO
i dont really have one right now
@9JR8J4NRepublican4mos4MO
idk just things that are actually important in the world
@9JR6WP94mos4MO
I’m afraid we are tiptoeing into a war.
@9JR8RMVRepublican4mos4MO
I wish no one would fight anyone, and that Jews had never been given the land they have now, because there is no Biblical justification for it, but I do wish they had a safe space for them to live.
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