In a nutshell, this tells me why "we gotta get out of this place if it's the last thing we ever do".........

.WASHINGTON — A remarkable clash between two key American allies in the Middle East burst into the open here on Wednesday as the Iraqi prime minister publicly criticized the Saudi air campaign in Yemen and a top Saudi official retorted that there was “no logic to those remarks.

”The exchange, driven by sharply opposing views of Iran in the region, reflected the challenges facing the Obama administration as it tries to hold together a diverse coalition, including Sunni Arab states and Shiite-dominated Iraq[/url], in the fight against the Islamic State, also known as [url=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/a/al_qaeda_in_mesopotamia/index.html?inline=nyt-org]ISIS[/url]. Iran is a sometimes patron to [url=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/iraq/index.html?inline=nyt-geo]Iraq[/url] but an ideological archrival to [url=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/saudiarabia/index.html?inline=nyt-geo]Saudi Arabia.

The United States remains caught in a difficult balancing act as it tries to keep the Saudi air campaign in Yemen on track against Iranian-backed Houthis. But in its fight against the Islamic State in Iraq, the Obama administration finds itself supporting an Iraqi military offensive that is also backed by Iran.

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