Whilst the appointment of Haidar al-Abadi as replacement Prime Minister to Nuri al-Maliki (if the appointment actually sticks) may placate the Americans, it remains to be seen if the man is able to bring back Iraq from the brink of partition.
History is not on his side.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Mission Accomplished - Not!
The US is continuing with air and drone strikes against ISIS in Iraq, and Obama has warned that this will take some time.
Thus we have come full circle, having knocked over a regime and destabilised a country without any plan for post conflict stabilisation, the only other option that can be applied is an ongoing military operation in the futile hope that something will "come along" and fix this mess.
Mission accomplished!
Thus we have come full circle, having knocked over a regime and destabilised a country without any plan for post conflict stabilisation, the only other option that can be applied is an ongoing military operation in the futile hope that something will "come along" and fix this mess.
Mission accomplished!
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