People claiming that the withdrawal from Iraq of U.S. forces carried out by the Obama Administration from 2010-2011 explains the rise of the terrorist group ISIS have absolutely no idea what they are talking about. A simple look at the timeline,... ... abundantly clear and provable beyond any reasonable doubt. Ultimately, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki's policies and the dynamics of Syria's raging civil war are the... ... Kurds more fairly, the Iraqi government—Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds united against terrorism as they were back in 2007—would have been in a strong position to fend...
A Sensible Grading of Obama’s Middle East Strategy, As Opposed to Republican Nonsense: ... ... America was not in the midst of the worst economic and financial crisis since the Great Depression. Still even more amusing and amazing ... ... leadership—led by Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri Kemal al-Maliki—with the Sunni or Kurdish minorities, agreements that ... ... and treasure to give Iraqi politicians breathing room to make politics work—the explicit stated objective of the “Surge”—while ...
How the Obama Administration Removed Iraq’s Largest Political Obstacle
... ... presidency, he and his Administration realized that Nuri Kamal al-Maliki was part of the problem, not part of the solution. It did ... ... first the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria/the Levant/al-Sham (ISIS or ISIL) and now just Islamic State (IS) might possibly have ... ... onslaught and possible formal disintegration?
The Solution: Local Politics First, or No Cavalry
Obama brilliantly approved and ...
