All the news is about those damn “terrorists” and when that is not being taunted in the media it is Syria and the battle against ISIS……Iraq has slipped from the headlines (for now) for it is considered not as important as Trump trying to eliminate Muslims from our shore to chest thumping about some wacko killing people to protect babies…..but there is still a war being fought in Iraq and people are still dying…..
The problem there is that NO one has any idea what the hell is going on….are the militias fighting for freedom…..are the Kurds fighting for Iraq……is Iran fighting Sunnis……is Turkey trying to expand its territory? No one has any idea of what is happening in Iraq…..but they all know what must be done….problem is that no one knows who is who or what is what……..
I read an op-ed by Michael Knights that is a good summation of the situation in Iraq…..(the only thing I disliked about the piece was the use of the term “boots on the ground”…..these are humans being sent to their possible death at least we can do is call them “troops” and not compare them to footware)……
The commotion over sovereignty shows that many of the factions in Iraq have more urgent priorities than defeating ISIL.
Source: Playing politics with boots on the ground – Al Jazeera English
No, my friend; there is no flaw in Iraq that isn’t present everywhere…. The flaw is in our nature….
gigoid, the dubious
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I agree……we seem to be able to generate flaws where none existed….chuq
It has always been around; it has become more obvious as the population has reached a point where the number of flawed individuals outstrips those of us who can see by much, much more than can be overcome by reason…. Entropy and chaos are the natural result of the overcrowding we are now experiencing…. Rachel Carson, sadly, had it right…. “Silent Spring”, I believe was the name of the book heralding our imminent demise….
gigoid