Given the timing of this release, first Friday after a mid term election, it's obvious that Mr. Obama is not willing to be honest about it. I know he tried hard to run a sensible foreign policy, but maybe he is finally forced to act with short term political considerations in mind. Sad. It's so hard to get credit for avoiding stupid military engagements.
Here is the big picture as of now. The US invaded and destroyed Iraq and its infrastructure based on lies and at great expense. That eventually resulted in the current mess. The US is unwilling to commit ground troops to help Iraq deal with this mess. Iran is willing and able to field ground troops (probably already did, judging by reports in wsj and ny times).
It is a no brainer to conclude that Iraqis (at least the Shiite majority) will feel indebted to Iran. So the US spent trillions of dollars, killed over a hundred thousand Iraqi civilians, incurred thousands of its own military casualties and summarily handed Iraq over to Iran.
This is what happens when idiots are put in charge of the worlds largest economic and military power.
Given the timing of this release, first Friday after a mid term election, it's obvious that Mr. Obama is not willing to be honest about it. I know he tried hard to run a sensible foreign policy, but maybe he is finally forced to act with short term political considerations in mind. Sad. It's so hard to get credit for avoiding stupid military engagements.
Here is the big picture as of now. The US invaded and destroyed Iraq and its infrastructure based on lies and at great expense. That eventually resulted in the current mess. The US is unwilling to commit ground troops to help Iraq deal with this mess. Iran is willing and able to field ground troops (probably already did, judging by reports in wsj and ny times).
It is a no brainer to conclude that Iraqis (at least the Shiite majority) will feel indebted to Iran. So the US spent trillions of dollars, killed over a hundred thousand Iraqi civilians, incurred thousands of its own military casualties and summarily handed Iraq over to Iran.
This is what happens when idiots are put in charge of the worlds largest economic and military power.