Washington needs to wake up on Iraq

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : Whereas in the immediate aftermath of the 2003 United States-led invasion, Sadr often served Iranian interests and, indeed, conspired with Tehran to kill hundreds of Americans and even greater numbers of more progressive Iraqis, in recent years, Sadr has reinvented himself as an anti-corruption activist, and as an Iraqi nationalist opposed to Iranian influence.
39% : In the American narrative, the struggle in Iraqi politics is between those who would allow Iran to dominate the country versus those willing to fight Iranian influence.
39% : Iran has never put all its eggs in one basket; Iraq is no exception.
37% : Indeed, on the Sadr question, the Saudis and Iraqis understand that to which Americans remain blind: Sadr's opposition to Iran is not ideological but rather a dispute over power.
30% : To gauge Iraq only through the lens of Iran guarantees failure.
15% : The narrative that the Sadrists, Kadhimi, and Barzani are anti-Iran while their opponents in the Coordination Framework are pro-Iran is too simplistic.

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