{"id":5473,"date":"2020-01-09T17:20:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T11:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=5473"},"modified":"2020-01-09T17:20:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T11:50:08","slug":"the-role-of-iraq-to-escalate-the-tensions-between-us-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/the-role-of-iraq-to-escalate-the-tensions-between-us-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"The role of Iraq to escalate the tensions between US-Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Relevance: Mains: G.S paper II: International relations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Context:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The vote by Iraqi parliamentarians in favour of a resolution seeking to expel American troops on Sunday was the first blowback the U.S. faced after it assassinated Iranian General Qassem Soleimani inside Iraq on Friday.<br \/>\n\u2022 The outcome of the vote was expected as the lawmakers were under pressure from both the public and militias to act against the U.S. after the killing.<br \/>\n\u2022 The U.S. troops, which are in Iraq on an invitation from the Iraqi government to fight the Islamic State, have carried out air strikes against Iraqi militias in recent weeks, without the approval of the Baghdad government.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IRAQ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5474\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IRAQ-1024x634.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"502\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>From Iraq\u2019s perspective:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This triggered public protests and led to the siege of the American Embassy last week.<br \/>\n\u2022 In an already explosive situation, the killing of Soleimani acted as a catalyst. The anger among Iraqi lawmakers towards U.S. actions was on full display inside the Parliament hall on Sunday when they chanted, \u2018America out, Baghdad remains free\u2019, before the voting.<br \/>\n\u2022 Parliament itself doesn\u2019t have the authority to expel foreign troops. But a resolution passed in Parliament is a call to the executive branch to act.<br \/>\n\u2022 Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi, who condemned the killing of Soleimani, has stated unambiguously that it is time for the Americans to go home. Government officials have already started working on a memorandum on the legal and procedural formalities to expel U.S. troops, according to him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IRAQ-SECURITY.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5475\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IRAQ-SECURITY-898x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"924\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>From USA\u2019s perspective:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Iraq is a crucial ally for the U.S. in the war against terrorism in West Asia, and the Trump administration has nobody to blame but itself for the setback.<br \/>\n\u2022 It pushed the Iraqis to a point where they had to choose between Tehran and Washington. And understandably, they picked their powerful neighbour.<br \/>\n\u2022 But U.S. President Donald Trump still doesn\u2019t seem to be in a mood to listen. He has threatened Iraq with sanctions and a bill for billions of dollars if the U.S. troops are forced to pull back.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Way ahead:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This approach not only violates Iraq\u2019s sovereignty, it also escalates the situation to a three-cornered crisis involving the U.S., Iraq and Iran.<br \/>\n\u2022 Mr. Trump is primarily responsible for today\u2019s situation. His decision to pull the U.S. out of a functioning Iran nuclear deal was the trigger.<br \/>\n\u2022 When the U.S. reimposed sanctions on Iran, it was up to the other signatories of the deal \u2014 European countries, Russia and China \u2014 to save the agreement.<br \/>\n\u2022 Iran waited for a year before taking countermeasures. But they did nothing, barring issuing occasional statements in favour of the agreement. Europe, which has good ties with both the U.S. and Iran, should wake up at least now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It should use its diplomatic channels to rein in Mr. Trump and pacify Iran to prevent an all-out war.<br \/>\n\u2022 As a first step of de-escalation, what Mr. Trump could do is to order his soldiers to pack their bags and leave Iraq.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance: Mains: G.S paper II: International relations Context: The vote by Iraqi parliamentarians in favour of a resolution seeking to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,18],"tags":[392],"class_list":["post-5473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","category-general-studies-ii","tag-union-public-service-commission-upsc"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5476,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5473\/revisions\/5476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}