02/27/2025
https://www.cnn.com...
"I would argue that the time to ask that question what will we do is now."
"Do you think that the very closely and intertwined relationship between the Shia government in Baghdad and Iran can be so easily supplanted by our 5,000 troops on the ground in our engagement there?"
"That is a big conversation that we can get into about the three-state possibility for Iraq and the consequence..."
"The question is do we want to compete with Iran or turn the place over to them?"