Desperation grows in Washington as fall of Kabul appears increasingly likely in wake of US departure

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : The latest analysis from the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War suggests Iran is adjusting its strategy after the U.S. announced it would be withdrawing all of its "combat forces" at the end of the year.
47% : "Iran is recalibrating its campaign to expel U.S. forces from Iraq following the results of the US-Iraq Strategic Dialogue, during which the United States announced a mostly symbolic withdrawal of all its combat forces from Iraq," the ISW says on its website.
40% : The move was hailed by the group United Against Nuclear Iran, which says, "Iran has stood up and controls a vast network of Shia militant groups in Iraq and uses these proxies to stoke sectarian tensions and to foment political violence, ensuring Iraq remains weak and dependent on Tehran for security."
35% : WHAT'S IRAN UP TO IN IRAQ?
35% : "Iran likely ordered its Iraqi proxies to sustain low-level, harassing attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq until after the October 2021 parliamentary elections and to return to more lethal attacks toward the end of 2021," according to the analysis.

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