We’ll Always Have Baghdad
Tony Blair is getting one last glimpse of the mess he helped make before stepping down. The outgoing prime minister's staff says the purpose of Blair's Baghdad visit is to highlight the connection between security and political stability, but we can't help but notice an emerging trend. Remember Donald Rumsfeld's farewell tour of Iraq?
Tony Blair is getting one last glimpse of the mess he helped make before stepping down. The outgoing prime minister’s staff says the purpose of Blair’s Baghdad visit is to highlight the connection between security and political stability, but we can’t help but notice an emerging trend. Remember Donald Rumsfeld’s farewell tour of Iraq?
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has made a surprise visit to the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
Mr Blair is due to have talks with President Jalal Talibani and Prime Minister Nouri Maliki.
“He’s in Baghdad against a backdrop of the continuing major security operation but also significant developments in Iraqi politics,” a spokesman said.
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The president may not want war with Iran, but he does want to push the regime into submission and tout U.S. military dominance to his base.
Meanwhile, thousands of Iraqi anti-government protesters call on both Iran and America to leave the country.
There's no justification for Qassem Soleimani's assassination, and if we avoid another war in the Middle East, we'll have Tehran to thank.
As a candidate in 2016, he praised war crimes and expressed a desire to commit some of his own. No one can claim surprise or betrayal now.
However Iran chooses to respond to the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, America's influence in the region is guaranteed to deteriorate.
Rocket falls near U.S. Embassy in Iraq hours after funeral for Qassem Soleimani at which crowd chants "Death to America, death to Israel."
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