Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @MaxBoot
The two Shiite factions—one resistant to Iranian influence, the other subservient to it—are the most powerful players in Iraqi politics. The Western-backed prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, is seen as a largely powerless figurehead.https://t.co/Ijxyi8NisX — PolitiTweet.org