James Durso
In May 2025, U.S. Congressmen Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Greg Steube (R-FL) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing concern about the “complete subjugation” of Iraq to Iran.
The congressmen asked Secretary Rubio to expand sanctions on Iranian-backed militias, sanction Iraq’s importation of Iranian natural gas, sanction Iraq’s financial institutions supporting Iran, sanction Iran’s facilitators in Iraq, dismantle Iran’s smuggling networks in Iraq, and condition U.S. aid to Iraq on ending Iranian influence.
(In April 2025, Wilson introduced the Free Iraq From Iran Act, “To require an interagency strategy to free Iraq from Iran, and for other purposes.”)
admitting that in 2025 Iraqis need to “reclaim their sovereignty,” Wilson and Steube admit the Iraq Liberation Act, economic sanctions on the Saddam Hussein regime, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Southern Watch, Operation Desert Fox, Operation Iraqi Freedom, the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM), $50 billion for post-war relief and reconstruction, over 4,400 dead American servicemen, over 300,000 dead Iraqis, over $2 trillion dollars for the Iraq wars, and whatever the CIA was up to, were all for nothing; Mission Not Accomplished.
The congressmen want the U.S. to designate the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) a terrorist organization, overlooking that the PMF isn’t a gang but was recognized in Iraqi law in 2016, reports to the commander of the armed forces, and is subject to all military laws and regulations. In March 2025, Iraq’s parliament tabled a bill to update the 2016 legislation, place the PMF under direct control of the prime minister, and prohibit political activity by PMF members, curious behavior if Iran really controls Iraq.
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