Back in April, Washington blocked its cash shipments to Iraq to force Baghdad’s hand on the militias. This week the plane was reloaded with $500 million. Nobody freezes half a billion dollars as punishment and then quietly releases unless they got what they want. Somewhere between April and August, Baghdad did the thing Washington asked of them. Meanwhile the salaries are late, parliament is being dragged in on its day off, the street dollar is at its widest gap in weeks, and the US Senate is headed for an extra long weekend. ICYMI, Nixon closed the gold window on a Sunday night. 55 years ago. Keep one eye open on this weekend. :Reset Intelligence
