It is past time for US to get out of Iraq. Having a toehold there to prevent the final phases of The New Silk Road is just not worth it. The New Silk Road is inevitable and we had best be trading with those countries. Domination is barbaric and just not going to work in the 21st century.

Those are anti-government. Some protest corruption, some protest Iranian influence.

as-Sadr's folk pulled out last night, according to the article. So most of those left are those protesting Iranian influence. Meaning that this is a kind of "we're going to support Iranian control of Iraq, how dare you heretics oppose the Sons of Light" move, and those supporting it are left with either saying, "We don't care if Iraq is in Iran's orbit and dominated by Iranian hegemony and imperialism" or "we welcome Iranian influence because we think they're a lot better than us--just look at how much better they treat religious minorities and gays!"

The New Silk Road is, by the way, to a large extent domination. Overall, it's working very well in the 21st century, thank you. The question isn't, "Domination or no domination?" That answer's a given. The question is, "US domination or Chinese/Iranian/Russian domination?"

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Not sure of these particular protests but that is common sentiment that they don't want to be in the middle of this Iran-US conflict.

They also have legitimate concerns with the Iraqi government that this US-Iran conflict has been overshadowing their reasons for protests.

glad the US has liberated the Iraqi people from oppression. Onward to Iran next

All those lives of Americans. lives of innocent Iraqis, all the wounded, both physically and mentally...on both sides. All the mass migration caused. The rise of ISIS that had a place to fill in the void left over.

But but but .. at least Iraq is now a free democratic nation right? FREEDOM!!! When they interviewed Cheney years after he said he'd gladly do it all over again. Then again of course he would, his self-serving no-bid reconstruction projects, many still unfinished, to Halliburton, dragged them out of near bankruptcy into a multi-billion dollar company.