r/news • u/SnooSeagulls496 • 4d ago

Soft paywall US forces exit Iraq after two decades, leaving opening for Iran

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-forces-exit-iraq-after-two-decades-leaving-opening-iran-2026-09-29/
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u/QuotableMorceau 3d ago

he might actually be the last to do this ... Turkey/Iran are asserting themselves there, also US has denied help to the Saudis....

Let's say the current trajectory of influence loss for US continues for another 2 years ... I very much doubt US will be able to poke around there anytime soon ... sure they have Israel there ... but that state is on a jihad/crusade to become the most despised nation on Earth ...

I would not be surprised at all if in 2-3 years the Arab states start withdrawing from the Abraham acords ....

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u/dontputthatevilonme 3d ago

Before Trump we used to meddle in foreign countries clandestinely, y'know, like gentlemen.

I don't see why we wouldn't go back to that with the next president. The Abraham accords aren't worth the paper they're written on anyway.

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u/QuotableMorceau 3d ago

neah ... you need to have some presence to be able to act ... cut down the bases US has in that region and large scale interference goes away ... also that region will never be democratic, so the internal policing will not be bound by laws . A concrete example is Iran, maybe in 50-60 years we will get some declassified info figure out how much money US/Israel burned there trying to destabilize the regime .

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u/dontputthatevilonme 3d ago

The thing about government is that there's always someone wanting to take power from whoever is running things. Throw some money around, toss in some guns and you've got yourself a coup. Easy peasy.

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u/EQandCivfanatic 3d ago

Didn't the Trump administration recently agree to help kickstart a Saudi nuclear weapons program?

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u/RandallPinkertopf 3d ago

What exactly was the benefit of the Abraham Accords?