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To: Les H who wrote (22212)	1/9/2020 4:46:39 PM
From: Les H	Respond to of 50226

On Monday, Mahdi publicly declared that U.S. troops were confined to base, limited to “training and advising” only, and his office released a statement that he’d told the U.S. ambassador to Baghdad that both countries needed to “implement the withdrawal of foreign forces”, even as Trump administration officials try to stave off the expulsion behind the scenes. But privately, Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has been trying to slow-roll the American departure, Iraqi advisors say, fearful not just of Trump’s threatened sanctions, but of the departure of Western investment along with the foreign troops, and a resurgence of the so-called Islamic State without U.S. assets to hunt it. “No real discussion has taken place as to the speed and scale of the withdrawal, or whether a full withdrawal will take place,” a senior Iraqi official told TIME. “At worst, we need to agree to an amicable divorce, in which we keep having a workable relationship thereafter. Otherwise we both lose out big time.” After Iran’s supreme leader vowed to avenge Soleimani’s death hours after the strike, U.S. forces are curtailing counter-ISIS operations in Iraq in order to defend U.S. facilities against possible Iranian-backed retaliatory attacks, and U.S. diplomats are weighing a slight drawdown of personnel until the worst passes, with little trust that Iraqi security forces will protect them after the U.S. embassy in Baghdad was attacked on New Year’s Eve, a senior administration official told TIME. time.com

To: Les H who wrote (22212)	1/9/2020 4:56:14 PM
From: ggersh	Respond to of 50226

Maybe it's just something as easy as KSA buying a couple of condo's from the man to return the favor.....smfh THIS Trump isn't smart enough to think this up on his own, but he's willing to do anything unethical or illegal offered up by others.