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Image: The vast and beautiful Nineveh Plain.  Here: God commands Jonah to go to Nineveh to preach. Michael Rubin, @mrubin1971, in re:  Iraq, Iran, Turkey. The new prime minister, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (https://www.google.com/search?q=Mustafa+Al-Kadhimi&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLVT9c3NMwySqqoKsvNecRowS3w8sc9YSn9SWtOXmPU5OIKzsgvd80rySypFJLmYoOyBKX4uVB18ixiFfItLS5JTEtUcMzR9U5MycjMzQQAOa7m-mEAAAA) , is stalked at home; police don’t respond. Govt can't afford salaries; may increase oil production. Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (https://www.google.com/search?q=Mustafa+Al-Kadhimi&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLVT9c3NMwySqqoKsvNecRowS3w8sc9YSn9SWtOXmPU5OIKzsgvd80rySypFJLmYoOyBKX4uVB18ixiFfItLS5JTEtUcMzR9U5MycjMzQQAOa7m-mEAAAA) is trying to reach the eastern Med to get investment in employment to join the anti-Turkey coalition. Sinjar: ISIS took over the 60-mile mountain. Yazidis blame Kurds, esp Barzani, for having abandoned them under fire.  Kurds under extreme threat from both Iran and Turkey; as their economies are collapsing, the govts are lashing out against minorities.  Iran fears that if Iraqi Kurds have autonomy, then Iranian Kurd will want to, also, and become democratic—another danger to Iran.  Iran claims it hasn’t enough money to feed its people but are buying high-end arms from Russia and China. When Erdogan became PM in 2013, he did so on the ground of his technocratic abilities. Now his economy is collapsing.  Cyber c0unteritell ofc in Turkey.   Michael Rubin is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. · https://nationalinterest.org/feature/iraq%E2%80%99s-sinjar-agreement-doomed-fail-171514 · https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-28/iraq-s-crumbling-economy-is-becoming-a-threat-to-opec · https://www.wsj.com/articles/iraq-emerges-as-new-front-for-enforcement-of-iran-oil-sanctions-11603445401 · https://thehill.com/opinion/international/521749-iran-threatens-us-kurdish-allies-in-iraq · https://www.ft.com/content/990f13cf-613f-48a5-ac02-c8c73741a786 https://www.aei.org/op-eds/the-reverberations-of-pompeos-iraq-threat-are-growing/