Trump Is Handing Iran Its Biggest Strategic Objective: Iraq

Iran wants the U.S. out of Iraq, so the administration’s response is to say it won’t leave, regardless of what the government of Iraq—that the U.S. set up—has to say about it.

Asawin Suebsaeng 

Senior Political Reporter

Spencer Ackerman 

Contributing Editor

Erin Banco 

National Security Reporter

Published Jan. 10 2020 3:41PM EST 

Asawin Suebsaeng

Senior Political Reporter

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