Brandon Weichert on US strike on Iran

by Jolyon: Brandon J. Weichert

The part worth sitting with is what happens after the warnings. Washington and Baghdad have both told Iraq's Iran-backed militias to keep out of it, and that may be wishful thinking, because the moment those groups move, Iraq isn't a bystander anymore. Brandon J. Weichert didn't hedge when Mario Xnawfal raised it: "And I think that's almost a guarantee that that's going to happen." The reported backdrop is that Iraq's prime minister has been told a US strike on Iran is days away, with a senior US diplomat saying it could land this weekend. Trump laughed the matter off. Concerns were reportedly raised to him by Britain's prime minister, and people around Trump are reportedly scrambling to change his mind.