I agree those are all factors at play as well. But there is no proof this is a coup atm. There are other factors at play too. The people are sick of 16 years of an installed parliament, unemployment, corruption and too many factions in parliament. They want their republic back. The govt their admitted that they need to change and apologized for shooting them initially, but are still being idiots.. opening the door for God knows what. Its a sticky situation over there, because obviously other countries would love to take advantage of the protests. So I don't know what to say.. other than . I pray the Iraqi ppl don't let them.. and the govt is being stupid there for shutting off their internet and not letting them go to Tahrir square to air their greivances which include what US and UK did to their country and politics.
Yes I don't claim to be an authority on ME politics. It's just that we've seen the regime-change script played out so many times. There were 100 really good comments at the MOA article I posted- a few that also don't believe the US is the only culprit. What was also brought up was how many similar "sniper" incidents have happened in the ME, Hong Kong, E. Europe, etc. when protests may not be having their desired effects.
The overwhelming majority of anti-war voices sense encouragement for protests is 100% tied to a US/Israel/Saudi intentions to fuel conflict with Iran. It seems so obvious...
I was calling out fox news etc, but after reading, the real vampires are the fake-democrat, neoliberal outlets like the Guardian, WaPo and NYT. They and their liberal think-tanks were the principle cheerleaders for regime changes in Syria and Venezuela. We really have to question the mainstream narrative they are pushing.
Thanks again for raising awareness of the Iraqi situation. They are great people and after 17 years of occupation deserve support to achieve stability and peace.