The Patriot Post® · Obama's Political Strategy in Iraq

Barack Obama’s goal in Iraq is to get out of the country politically unscathed. It would look bad if he did nothing as the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant perpetuates genocide unchecked. Water and food is cheap, so Obama sends daily humanitarian drops to the slopes of Mount Sinjar. Never mind that Obama still holds the Authorization for Use of Military Force in Iraq, because his administration asked Congress just last week to repeal the act. For the president that campaigned on a withdrawal from Iraq, the most he wants to do is drop a few bombs and funnel weapons to both the Kurds and the politically divided Iraqi government – a move that could further weaken the region. A Democrat congressional aide criticized the administration, telling The Wall Street Journal, “They really need to start thinking more than a day ahead. Nothing we’re doing is really pushing out ISIS. … It complicates Iraqi political stability in the long-term. A lot of this is on the fly.” A better goal – a presidential goal – is to free the U.S. from the threat of ISIL-perpetrated terror.