Trump leaves US troops stranded

Jerusalem Post:

Iraq’s pro-Iranian Harakat Hezbollah threatened the US. In a tweet showing a US armored vehicle at night the group claimed that “we are closer than you think.” The leader of Nujaba, Akram al-Kaabi has said that the countdown to achieve Iraq’s “sovereignty” had begun, a reference to removing US forces. He showed an image of US Reaper and Predator drone flight paths.

The US sanctioned Nujaba in March of last year, part of a series of sanctions against Iran’s IRGC and pro-Iranian militias in Iraq. For instance Asaib Ahl al-Haq’s leader Qais Khazali was also sanctioned in December. These militias have tens of thousands of members and are linked to Iran. They fought ISIS and helped form the Popular Mobilization Units. They are now an official arm of the Iraqi security forces. However they have their own munitions warehouses and some are often directly loyal to Iran’s leadership. The US killed Kataib Hezbollah leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani on January 3. Soleimani helped organize the militias in Iraq, and Muhandis was deputy commander of the PMU. The PMU is also called the Hashd al-Sha’abi. Most of its members are Shi’ites.

Repubs getting US Troops killed over their stupid Saudi oil deals.  Like that bonehead senator from Arkansas. The same bonehead senators that created the Vietnam fiasco.