THE US OVERTHROW OF BAATHIST SUNNI SADDAM HUSSEIN EFFECTIVELY HANDED THE COUNTRY OVER TO PRO-TEHRAN LEADERSHIP
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) April 22, 2026
Currently the Coordination Framework (CF), which is the largest Iran-aligned parliamentary bloc of Shia parties, is racing to pick a new prime minister for the country – but reportedly neither of the two main candidates are acceptable to Washington.
There’s a huge lasting irony to the Iraq war and the Bush-Cheney legacy. The US overthrow of Baathist Sunni Saddam Hussein effectively handed the country over to pro-Tehran leadership. And the US has been dealing with the fallout in the region from the ‘Shia axis’ ever since.
(Mnt Goat:; Someone has to clean up this mess in the middle east left by Bush-Cheney and Obama legacies.)
