Iraq Not an Iranian Vassal State

(MENAFN- Iraq Business News) By Aaron Majid, forForeign Policy . Any opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News.

These days, Tehran is having trouble getting what it wants from its neighbor—a development Washington can encourage by backing off.

It almost goes without saying these days that Iran dominates its western neighbor. On April 27, for example, Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed tweeted that Iran's regime 'controls' Iraq.

Now-U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton once compared Tehran's grip on Iraq to the Soviet Union's stranglehold over Eastern Europe during the late 1940s.

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