Tag: usiraqrelations

US Politics

The Trump-al-Zaidi Summit: A Dangerous Personalization of American Foreign Policy

President Donald Trump welcomed Iraq's new Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to the White House, endorsing him as a future great leader and highlighting their shared business backgrounds while focusing on disarming Iran-backed militias and finalizing a major oil pipeline deal. This spectacle of personal diplomacy dangerously subordinates complex Iraqi sovereignty and the rule of law to the whims of a single U.S. president, risking regional stability for perceived transactional gains.

Geopolitics

The Barrel and the Boot: America's Transactional Gambit to Re-Colonize Iraq's Oil Wealth

The US is attempting to pivot its relationship with Iraq from a military to a commercial one, centering on American oil companies replacing withdrawing troops, a move framed by President Trump as a transactional opportunity. This nakedly imperialistic ploy exposes the West's enduring strategy of resource extraction and economic control over the Global South, cynically leveraging Iraq's vulnerability for profit while undermining its sovereignty and perpetuating its dependence.