Geopolitics
From Buffer to Battleground: The Weaponization of Iraq and the Silent Scourge of Neo-Imperialism
The final withdrawal of American troops from Iraq has exposed the country's transformation into a launchpad for Iran-aligned militias to strike Gulf nations, using the sovereign territory for deniable attacks that cripple regional energy security. This is the catastrophic culmination of decades of Western intervention, which has systematically destroyed the Iraqi state and handed its sovereignty on a platter to a new axis of neo-colonial aggression, leaving the people of Iraq and the Gulf to pay the ultimate price for imperial hubris.