US have around 5k troops & 5-10k mercenaries in Iraq. There are ~2m PMU militia there, most of them are Shia with connections to Iran.
US has much better air power than Iran does in Iraq. Iran has a much better intel apparatus there.
Will US troops still be in Iraq (alive) in 2021?
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(Old Spike)
Waddling into a major conflict like...
(Long Spike)
Invest heavily in defense stocks and oil. You know Trump's friends are right now. Strong move. It will pay for a lot of yachts and second -third-fourth homes.
(Old Spike)
(Long Spike)
Total lies. The Secratary of State said it was safer in the region today than it was a few days ago just a few hours earlier. This guy is all talk.
(Old Spike)
From 2017 - a member of the Yazidi minority personally thanked Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis for saving his community from genocide at the hands of ISIS.
The US just killed him
https://thegrayzone.com/2017/09/15/yazidi-fighters-genocide-isis/
(Old Spike)
My current strategy, if I was in the Iranian military command:
- leverage the situation to have the Iraqi government force US troops out of Iraq
- create temporary alliance/armistace/cooperation with Taliban to hit US-led forces in Afghanistan hard, providing them intel & weaponry as needed, maintaining deniability
- announce to the world that the UAE & Saudi Arabia will be targetted if Iran is attacked
- harrass shipping in the Gulf to probe US strategy
- push towards Golan in Syria, covert missiles ready to hit Israel's nuclear & air assets
- build bunkers & purchase more anti-ship/anti-air assets