Iraqi Prime Minister Asks Pompeo To Begin Process Of US Troop Withdrawal

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Friday that he asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to send delegates to devise a plan for the safe withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.


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Iraq caught in the middle,so for trying to get out of the middle this is there( Iraq) reward.

“The Trump administration has started drafting sanctions against Iraq over its push to expel US troops from the nation, a White House official who requested anonymity confirmed to Business Insider on Tuesday.”

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Trump: “The U.S. is the only source of goods in the world.”

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That is sure to do well in Iraq.

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This is a bluff. The Iraqis are trying to extract some sort of concessions.

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Tariffs and sanctions are the only tools in Trump’s toolbox, and he’s never read the instructions on how to use them.

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The US should just leave, otherwise it would become an occupying force. The Neo-cons and the Likudniks are not going to be happy but it’s either now with some dignity or

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Whoosh…the sound of the vacuum in Iraq being filled by bad guys and disruptors …thanks,stable genius!

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But Trump made some Senators happy… specially one that has a girl’s name.

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This is good news…for Russia!

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So the negative repercussions of Spankys incompetent foreign policy decisions continues to destroy Americas position in the world while propping up and helping Russia. All roads truly do lead to Putin.

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Does Russia get the Green Zone and our Embassy?

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No worries, the Pentagon will (or will not) send a letter confirming details…

Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain’t got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I’m a-goin’ home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

I don’t care how much money I gotta spend
Got to get back to my baby again
Lonely days are gone, I’m a-goin’ home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

Well, she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn’t live without me no more
Listen mister, can’t you see I got to get back
To my baby once-a more
Anyway, yeah!

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Sure why not? They got most of our bases in Syria. Why stop the trend?

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It was part of the package deal for getting the GOP House and Senate…

Location, location, location…

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#winning

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That and drone strikes against people traveling openly on public streets in an area allegedly protected by the United States.

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“As a state, we deal with the official letters that we receive, and we will act in accordance with this letter,” an official told the Washington Post.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper stood firm on the Pentagon’s retraction of the letter.

“We are not leaving Iraq, and a draft, unsigned letter does not constitute a policy change,” he said during a press conference on Tuesday afternoon.

All the monty python sequel movie scriptwriters just quit in protest. “We can’t compete with this shit” was heard among other mutterings.

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Kicked out of the house, like a dog. Sick!

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'Cause the best thing we can possibly do is to pour oil on the fire.

I am so livid with rage about all of this that I find no appropriate words to describe it. :face_with_symbols_over_mouth: :face_with_symbols_over_mouth: :face_with_symbols_over_mouth:

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