US must keep Iraq central as Iran rebuilds its Ring of Fire - opinion
If Iran and its proxies are quiet, it is strategic, not surrender.
IRAQ’S PRIME MINISTER Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani (left) meets with Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran earlier this year. Israeli officials warn that Iranian-controlled Iraqi militias are regaining strength, the writer notes. (photo credit: Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office/Reuters)ByERIC R. MANDEL