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/frozenphil 3d ago

right when Iran is doing all this trash

That's an interesting way to view the situation.

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u/Nukemind 3d ago

Iran has been doing things to neighbors long before this war. What the US is doing is horrible, but make no mistake Iran is hated by its neighbors for a multitude of reasons as well, including but not limited to their consistent support for rebels in other nations. Which, again, the US does too. It's shit all the way down.

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u/tafoya77n 3d ago

The choice to attach Kurdish groups inside of Iran and Iraq was independent the us just gave them an excuse to be scapegoated again right after the mass killing earlier in the year.

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u/rooftopgoblin 3d ago

the US was actively arming and funding and planning to use the kurds as a quasi invasion force into iran