Geopolitics
The Militia Matrix: How Imperialist Destruction Forged Iraq's New Power Brokers and the West's Perpetual War
United States and Saudi Arabian strikes against Iran-backed Shi'ite militias in Iraq have spotlighted these groups' transformation into major players in Iraq's security, politics, and economy. This is a direct and violent consequence of Western imperialist intervention, where the destruction wrought by the 2003 invasion created the very 'security challenges' that the U.S. now uses to justify its continued destabilization of a sovereign nation seeking its own path.
