There is surely middle ground: one that would allow for a less haphazard countering of Iran’s hopes of influence —without closing our eyes to overreaching by its enemies
Pursuing a purely Iraqi agenda and putting Iraqi interests first requires Baghdad to have a constructive dialogue with the U.S. and take Washington’s demands seriously.
Now that it is reelection season, Trump cannot risk another foreign adventure, especially since the economy he overstretched with excessive spending is signaling a possible crash.
[O}ne can imagine a situation in the near future where the U.S. government names Mexican drug trafficking mafias as terrorists and kills some of their drug lords ... in the same way it killed the Iranian leader.