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November 20, 2024

An American Withdrawal from Iraq Would Be a Gift for Iran—and for China

The United States doesn’t have the luxury of fumbling the present because it disagrees with the past.

One sometimes overlooked theater of this war is Iraq, where Iran-backed militias have been launching drones at Israel—one of which killed two soldiers in October. On Monday, Israel formally requested that the UN Security Council pressure Baghdad to rein in these militias. But ultimately, only the U.S. can make that happen. And American influence depends on whether Donald Trump will carry out President Biden’s plans to shut down U.S. military bases in Iraq. Eric Navarro warns of the dangerous consequences of doing so:

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