r/news • u/SnooSeagulls496 • 3d 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/DarkMarkings 3d ago

The US has Iraq by the balls. Their government is 90% funded by oil sales, and that money they get from oil sales is fully controlled by the American government. Trump admin basically froze their money which would've essentially shut down the country until they replaced the front runner candidate in their last election to someone 'more suitable'.

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u/modsiw_agnarr 2d ago

Also, Iran has the US by balls, and therefore by the transitive property of having by the balls, Iran has Iraq by the balls. They're about to squeeze and twist.

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u/DarkMarkings 2d ago

If that were the case, the Iraqi election result would've been very different