BAGHDAD — A DANGEROUS GAME OF THRONES is playing out in Iraq’s shattered parliament, where the future of the nation is being auctioned off to the HIGHEST BIDDER. In the wake of an inconclusive election, a SHOCKING truth has emerged: the country is NOT governed by its people, but by IRAN-BACKED MILITIAS holding more than 100 seats. This is not democracy; this is an armed takeover in slow motion.
The so-called “victor,” Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, is now a DEAD MAN WALKING politically. His unforgivable crime? Demonstrating independence. His own coalition, the Iran-controlled Coordination Framework, is poised to BETRAY him for a more pliant puppet. An analyst chillingly revealed the new rule: the next leader must be someone the militias “believe they can control.” This is the grim lesson learned from past leaders who dared to have their own ambitions.
In a stomach-churning display of who truly holds power, al-Sudani’s government was recently FORCED to retract terror designations against Iran-backed Hezbollah and the Houthis. The message was clear: CROSS TEHRAN AND YOU ARE FINISHED. Meanwhile, the United States issues impotent warnings from the sidelines, its influence crumbling as it begs Iraq not to put militia commanders in charge of the very security forces meant to oppose them.
The nation teeters on the brink of total collapse, drowning in nearly $70 BILLION of debt while its politicians carve up ministries. The most explosive issue remains the future of the Popular Mobilization Forces—the state-sanctioned militia umbrella now holding the government HOSTAGE with its own private armies. These are the same groups launching attacks on U.S. bases, dragging Iraq toward a catastrophic regional war it cannot afford.
The disturbing question for the world is no longer if Iraq will fall, but into whose bloodstained hands it will finally surrender.
