On March 20, 2003, the United States and its allies launched a war on Iraq with airstrikes devastating the capital city Baghdad.

Saudi fighter jets bombed targets linked to powerful Tehran-backed Shi'ite militias in Iraq during the Iran war, while retaliatory strikes were also launched from Kuwait into ​Iraq, multiple sources ...

It is with this background that we offer several thoughts in response to, or, better put, inspired by Eric Blanc’s excellent ...