Jihadist ISIS captures Fallujah from Iraqi forces

[another_liberal]

4. Pelt away . . .

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Before George W. Bush invaded Iraq it had a Sunni Muslim controlled government that was brutal, dictatorial and an international outlaw. After ten years of war, a trillion or two dollars wasted and forty-five hundred Americans killed (as well as tens of thousands wounded) we have created an Iraqi government controlled by Shiite Muslims. It is brutal, dictatorial and closely aligned to Shiite Iran, the foremost outlaw nation in the Mid East.

Of course the Sunnis are going to try and regain their power. Force is the traditional method of doing that in Iraq.

The main differences between 2000 and today are that Iraqi oil is open to multinational exploitation and we have a presence of between ten and fifteen thousand "Diplomats" and "Special Contractors" in Iraq, operating out of the largest and best fortified embassy the World has ever seen.

President Obama did finally end our overt military actions in Iraq. For that he should have credit. I would see him also seriously downsize our continued presence in Iraq. We are not the country to solve Iraq's problems for her. We would only do more harm than good by becoming more deeply involved again.