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US Forces Exit Iraq

78 points · 153 comments · cod1r

ImHereToVote · 1790666964 · focus · HN ↗
Good news. Maybe Iraq will finally be able to control its own oil again.
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1. inglor_cz · 1790667365 · focus · HN ↗
  Given the geostrategic situation there, either the West or Iran meddles in Iraq. Full sovereignty is hard to achieve in such a neighbourhood unless you are one of the traditional powers (Iran, Turkey).
  1. ImHereToVote · 1790670533 · focus · HN ↗
    Nobody has full sovereignty. As long as Iraq can sell their own oil without routing through Langley or Tehran, then it's all good.
    inglor_cz · 1790682673 · focus · HN ↗
    Looking at the Hormuz Strait, they'd better build a very good pipeline to the Mediterranean. Both the US and Iran seem to be very interested in controlling who sails through.
    ImHereToVote · 1790744888 · focus · HN ↗
    Iraq isn't interested in bombing Gaza or Lebanon so I don't foresee they will have issues. Iran and Iraq are more aligned than Usrael and Iran.

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