This opinion piece, “Biden can checkmate Iranian influence in Iraq“, discusses water+electricity as well as Kadhimi’s apparent pivot toward Iran in the context of the tense relationship between Iraqi and Iranian Shi’ites. It concludes:
Perhaps it is time to recognize that the key to delegitimizing and defeating Iran’s militias in Iraq is through not only symbolic airstrikes but also providing what Tehran cannot. It is time to transfer to Basra the emergency generators Iraq’s second-largest city needs to survive, each one emblazoned with the American flag. It is time to remind Iraqis in their hours of need that Washington will stand by them and that, all its rhetoric and sectarian posturing aside, Tehran will not.
Not only do I agree in principle, but such a move would add much-needed positivity to our IQD prospects.