Opinion: As Iraq signals its willingness to evict American forces in the wake of the U.S. strike, it’s time to be disciplined and focus on shared interests
Michael Knights is a Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He has worked on Iraq since the 1990s and made multiple trips to Iraq each year since 2003, embedding with Iraqi security forces and interviewing local and national leaders.
The deaths of Soleimani and Muhandis arguably brings about the end of the post-2014 era of Iraqi-invited strategic and military partnership. On Sunday, Iraq’s Parliament and prime minister each agreed in principle that the presence of U.S. combat forces should be ended, albeit without a clear process or timeline.
Iraq is rightly alarmed that the U.S. has taken military actions inside Iraq, operations that targeted Iraqi citizens and were not authorized by the Iraqi state. The presence of international troops is underwritten by an exchange of letters made in June 2014. If Iraq goes all the way in requesting the departure of U.S. forces, there will be a period of up to a year to make the withdrawal. In that interregnum, a new letter might be written, by which time Iraq may have held early elections and elected a new prime minister with a strong mandate to set new terms of cooperation.
Likewise, Soleimani entered Iraq illegally whenever and however he wished, while coalition officials observe immigration procedures.Stable.
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