Iranian forces attack the American embassy in Iraq, anti-Semitic attacks become commonplace in New York City,

and Democrats continue to push impeachment.

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And you know what that means? It's time for an international emergency. So over in Iraq, things have been degrading

and degrading fairly quickly. That is because the government of Iraq has always been torn

between the sectarian divide, Sunni and Shia. This has been true for a very long time. In the

aftermath of Saddam Hussein's fall and the disbanding of the Iraqi military, sectarian violence

obviously started to take root in Iraq. In recent years,

there was an attempt by the United States to help bring together a government that would both

fight off ISIS and that would resist Iran. That has proved to be harder than expected, simply because

Iran's influence in the region has tremendously, tremendously grown. And that is in large part,

thanks to the fact that the Obama administration decided to basically make room for

the Iranians. And now you're seeing all these members of the media, all these members of the left,

who are suggesting that it's President Trump's fault that Iranian terrorists attempted to storm

the U.S. embassy over the last three or four days. They're trying to suggest that this is because

of Trump's harsh policy on Iran. No, this is because when you appease a power like Iran, their power grows, and they are trying to suggest that this is because of Trump's harsh policy on Iran. No, this is because

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