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Iraq
Iraq has a lot to lose if US cuts financial ties
2020-01-14
The view from Kurdistan:
[Rudaw] The US has threatened to sanction Iraq if Baghdad forces US troops to withdraw from the country. Even if this does not materialize, Iraq has a lot to lose if the US minimizes or cuts banking ties with Iraq.

US and Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan, the abbreviation IRGC is a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
tensions have played out in Iraq, and these tensions have injected uncertainty into the economic future of the country, besides the geopolitical ramifications that have rattled world markets.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  Every so often, Mr. McCoy offers something interesting. Mostly, he's a one-trick pony.
Posted by: Bobby   2020-01-14 16:46  

#3  Apparently Mr. McCoy has not noticed how many Rantburgers have worn or are currently wearing the uniform. Skidmark is practicing tact so restrained I can hear it creaking.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-01-14 12:36  

#2  If you think otherwise, grab a rifle and get out there.

Idiot.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-01-14 11:07  

#1  Why are US troops in Iraq? To threaten Iran? Why are we in the middle of this mess?

None of it is our business. Get them out of harm's way. The whole of the Middle East isn't worth a single American's life. If you think otherwise, grab a rifle and get out there.

If you wouldn't, then why should anyone else?
Posted by: Herb McCoy    2020-01-14 05:29  

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