The Cato Institute’s Chris Preble, vice president for defense and foreign policy studies, writes, “One hopes that experience has taught Dempsey (JCS chair Gen Martin Dempsey), even if others have failed to grasp it, that the U.S. military is ill –suited to fix Iraq and Syria’s broken politics, the true source of the Islamic State’s […]
US Airstrikes Kill 900 in Syria/Iraq Fighting
The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, one of the more accurate chroniclers of the war in Syria, has reported that so far the airstrikes carried by U.S. forces against ISIS have killed over 900 people. Most were militants, though by SOHR’s count, 52 were civilians. Hundreds of thousands overall have died in the fighting. SOHR […]
More U.S. Troops for Iraq?
Bloomberg has now reported that “President Barack Obama’s top military adviser said more U.S. troops may be needed in Iraq for a ‘long and difficult’ fight against Islamic State.” Reading this, with great displeasure, the first American Defense and Foreign Policy expert I wanted to hear from is my #1 rated expert in the field, […]
Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Killed?
Al-Aribya News is reporting that ISIS leader Abu-Bakr Al-Baghdadi may have been critically injured or killed in a U.S. airstrike that targeted a meeting of ISIS leadership. The strike near Mosul, Iraq killed tens of people and injured many. American forces have confirmed the strike, but haven’t given any information on Al-Baghdadi’s status. U.S. Central […]
We Have No Credible Strategy
Pat Buchanan explains that “We are now on both sides of the Sunni-Shia sectarian struggle that has never been America’s war.” Pat writes: The Islamic State cannot defeat the United States. But in fighting against the United States, ISIS sends a message to an Arab and Islamic world where we are not loved that they […]
Sunnis Aren’t Biting
Obama needs Iraq’s Sunnis against ISIS. And it appears to be a no-go. Here State Department whistle blower Peter Van Buren explains what’s going on and why. When ISIS first took control of Sunni areas in western Iraq, anger towards the Shia government in Baghdad caused many to see them as liberators. The Iraqi army, […]
U.S.Repeating Past Mistakes
Here the American Conservative’s Daniel Larison explains America’s tendency to exaggerate foreign threats. Stephen Walt sees the U.S. repeating past mistakes in its war on ISIS. The first mistake he identifies is the tendency to exaggerate foreign threats: Why is threat inflation a problem? When we exaggerate dangers in order to sell a military [action], […]
The U.S. in a Geopolitical Minefield
The Cato Institute’s Ted Galen Carpenter asks if the U.S. is prepared to stay involved in a multi-decade regional Middle East power struggle. U.S. and Western officials like to portray the campaign to defeat ISIS as a struggle between the civilized world and a monstrous terrorist organization. As with most wartime narratives throughout history, that […]
Last Chance Obama
Following the debacle of a Middle East foreign policy crafted by the Bush neocons, Barack Obama has tumbled down the same rabbit’s hole. The Cato Institute’s Doug Bandow outlines the quagmire Obama has gotten America into in Iraq and correctly suggests that Obama has one last chance to put an end to the folly of […]
Guess How Many Missiles Iraq Wants
Defense Industry Daily reports that the war in Iraq has been using up the country’s supply of Hellfire missiles. These laser-guided missiles are produced by Hellfire Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin. Iraq has been firing them from its fleet of AC-208B Combat Caravan prop planes, but may be requesting a large order of […]
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