Sooo..no threads re Obama/bombing/dropping Aid to Iraq, etc, eh?

All I know is, I'm trapped somewhere unable to get away from CNN. The jingoistic saber-rattling is absolutely no different than it was for George HW's gulf war, or his special son's disastrous sequel. It's uncritical, it's naive and it's the same exact propaganda as before.

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I meant Ira Q, Kevvy. And Yes, namo, ALL the mainstream media sucks baaaad. I try and stay away from tv, and try to read internet and newspaper stuff from well sourced real "journalists", which is very difficult to ascertain these days.

PBS' Frontline offered a pretty in depth history of how we got to this point on their most recent episode called "Losing Iraq". It chronicles how the blundering miscalculations of the Bush administration, the neglect of the Obama administration and some seriously grave errors of the current Iraqi leadership led to this crisis.

I certainly understand war fatigue and frustration with more involvement in Iraq, but if some limited, low-risk action can do some immediate (if short-term) good for the humanitarian crisis, it seems like thing to do. But I doubt a protracted military campaign in Iraq is on the table or even, despite what McCain and his war-hungry hawks say, a remotely good option.

At the end of the day, this is quickly devolving into a an all out civil war and there won't be a military solution that doesn't involve mass slaughter on a much greater scale than what we've seen thus far. Only a political solution in which power is shared and minority groups are protected will work in the long-term. Clearly, al-Maliki is not the man to make that happen.
FRONTLINE: Losing Iraq

ISIL is arguably the most reprehensible and scariest movement we have seen in decades. Stopping them long term should likely be the top priority for the world, the region and the U.S.. One would hope that among those most desperate to stopping ISIL would be Iran.

Updated On: 8/9/14 at 10:25 AM

Christians being horrifically slaughtered by infidels? You know what they say about turnabout....

Michael Corleone + Ebenezer Scrooge = Obama

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I referred to "Christians" as that is what your link (from a Catholic website) called them over a dozen times, including the 40-pt headline.

Most of you probably follow the wonderful "Humans of New York" on Facebook, but in case you don't, he's currently on a world tour sponsored by the UN. He'll apparently be visiting dozens of countries over the next several weeks taking pictures and telling the stories of ordinary citizens across the globe. He's currently in Iraq and sharing some rather striking images and stories from Iraqis - including those from the Yazidi community.

Addison, you might ask a Kuwaiti.

These days you don't see much of George W Bush and Tony Blair they are too pre-occupied getting the blood off their hands.

"These days you don't see much of George W Bush and Tony Blair they are too pre-occupied getting the blood off their hands."

And where's Obama? Off playing golf on Martha's Vineyard. He couldn't care less what is happening in the world.

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"Oh shut about the golf. They ALL played golf, especially both Bushes."

Not as much as the Part-Time President currently in the White House.

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