Iraq cannot seriously claim to be “ousting Americans” while its political system remains captured by foreign influence. The Iraqi people themselves are not free to decide their future. What we are seeing is largely political theatrics. If the Iraqi regime genuinely wanted to remove American influence, it would first need to step aside and allow the Iraqi people to govern themselves free from Iranian control.
As for the Taliban–Pakistan conflict, the root cause is well known: the Durand Line, drawn by the British in 1893, which split the Pashtun people into two states. This was a classic colonial strategy dividing communities with shared history and identity, then leaving behind unstable borders and systems of indirect rule. When resistance to British exploitation became unmanageable, failed, or too costly, Britain was infamous for withdrawing while deliberately maintaining instability. This approach left weakened states that remained vulnerable to external influence. The British used this model across Asia and Africa to keep regions fragmented, weak, and dependent.
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Finally, complaints about attacks on diplomats coming from Iran sound ironic. Iranian history includes repeated violations of diplomatic normsfrom the 1979 U.S. embassy hostage crisis to attacks on British and Saudi embassies in recent years. Even earlier history records the killing of foreign envoys with disastrous consequences. Tradition recounts that the Sassanian ruler Khosrow tore up the Prophet Muhammad’s peace be upon him message, an act for which Muhammad (peace be upon him) prayed against Iran, saying, "May it be torn to pieces like a torn letter". Similarly, the killing of envoys sent by Genghis Khan’s court provoked devastating Mongol retaliation against Iran.
That's the first thing they'd have asked for when you got them.
