US Says It's Not Discussing Withdrawing From Iraq - News From Antiwar.com
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The State Department on Wednesday said that at "no point" in recent talks with the Iraqi government has the US discussed the idea of withdrawing troops from Iraq. The comments came in response to questions about reports saying that the US was planning to withdraw. Tasnim, an Iranian news agency,…

Iraq’s government has been under pressure to expel the US since January 2020, when a US drone strike in Baghdad killed Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani and PMF leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. After the strike, the Iraqi parliament voted to expel US forces, but the US refused to leave.

  • Dr. JenkemAEnglish
    8·
    29 days ago

    Probably something about not having all your eggs in one basket.

    • Aqarius@lemmy.world
      1·
      28 days ago

      Yeah, but after a certain number of baskets, it turns from using baskets to store eggs, to using eggs to mark baskets.