It turns out that a large number of Iraqis were not happy with the United States attacking pro-Iran militias in Iraq and Syria. A large group of them got together and stormed the US Embassy in Baghdad to express their displeasure.
The Pentagon has sent 100 Marines to the US Embassy in Baghdad to bolster security in the wake of an attack on Tuesday where hundreds of pro-Iran militia members stormed the compound, set walls ablaze and chanted ‘Death to America!’ in retaliation for American air strikes.
US soldiers inside the embassy have fired tear gas, stun grenades and warning shots, wounding 62 of the hundreds of fighters who broke down the main door to the compound and set a fire in the reception area, according to the Popular Mobilization Forces, an umbrella group for the militias recognized by the Iraqi government.
The ambassador to Iraq was on leave at the time of the attack and embassy staff had already been evacuated before the US Marine guard became besieged behind the bullet-proof glass and on the rooftops.
Tuesday’s attack on the embassy was is in retaliation for US air strikes on the Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah on Sunday night, which killed two dozen fighters. Those strikes were in retaliation for last week’s killing of an American contractor at a US base in Kirkuk.
A single American contractor was killed and we have seen no proof that these pro-Iran militia groups were even responsible for his death. But even if these groups were responsible for this, the retaliation was vastly disproportionate and was undoubtedly going to stir up a hornet’s nest.
The whole situation is insane and the people who stormed the embassy had an absolute right to be angry.
Why the hell are we still over there other than to create as much chaos as possible for the benefit of Israel?
We spent trillions of dollars to install democracy in Iraq and now that there is democracy, we are still bombing people in the country. What the fuck is this shit?
Shouldn’t we be focusing in on all the problems we have here in America instead of inserting ourselves into the internal politics of these desert countries?
