Pompeo visits Iraq amid tensions with Iran

LTC Greg Henning Getting prepared ahead of time is not bad.

Thank you, my friend LTC Greg Henning for posting the news that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has made an unscheduled stop in Iraq on his way to a scheduled meeting in Berlin.

It is probably reasonable for us to demonstrate show of force in the region and be prepared for events.
"The visit came days after a US aircraft carrier was deployed to the region, which officials said was in response to threats to US forces and its allies from Iran.
On Tuesday it was revealed the US was sending B-52 bombers to the region.
The US has given little information about the exact nature of the reported threat, which Iran has dismissed as nonsense.
John Bolton, the US national security adviser, said only that the US was acting "in response to a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings" on announcing the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln on Sunday."

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Keeping an eye on this!