US Blames 'Hostile Foreign Agendas' In Iraq, Ignores Its Own
The New Arab article highlights the Khor Mor gas field resuming operations after a missile strike, quoting Mark Savaya, the US president’s special envoy to Iraq, who blamed 'armed groups operating illegally and driven by hostile foreign agendas.' This tidy narrative sidesteps the uncomfortable fact that the US, with its 2003 invasion based on fabricated WMD claims, obliterated Iraq’s state
infrastructure and unleashed the very instability that fuels such 'armed groups.' One might wonder how many 'hostile foreign agendas' have been cultivated by endless interventions and occupations. Savaya’s statement conveniently overlooks the deep-seated resentment and power vacuums created by US policy in the region since the 1990s. The 'hostile foreign agendas' he condemns are often direct or
indirect consequences of Washington's own interventions, from arming factions in proxy wars to imposing devastating sanctions. The US, which has maintained military bases and influence in Iraq for two decades, seems to have a peculiar blind spot for its own role in enabling the very 'destabilizing forces' it now criticizes.