Iraq
210 pieces tagged “Iraq”, newest first.
Why the Blackout on the European Refugee Crisis?
What's happening across the pond is because of Barack Obama's policies.
Syrian Refugees and the Consequences of Failed Leadership
As the Middle East implodes, Obama bears a lot of blame.
Cooking the Books on the Fight Against the Islamic State
Intelligence analysts say they were pressured to provide optimistic reports on ISIL.
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Jeb Bush Takes on the Party of Defeat
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush got it right regarding Iraq in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Tuesday night. "That premature withdrawal was the fatal error, creating the void that ISIS moved in to fill," he declared. "Where was the secretary of state, Secretary of State Clinton, in all of this? Like the president himself, she had opposed the surge, then joined in claiming credit for its success, then stood by as that hard-won victory by American and allied forces was thrown away."
Christian Refugees Get the Cold Shoulder
Obama is undoing the American tradition of helping the oppressed.

Obama's Lies About Bush and Iraq
The president's speech on the Iranian deal, delivered at American University on Wednesday, was vintage Obama, as in a compendium of demagoguery, historical revisionism and outright lying. Nothing emphasized that more forcefully than the portion of the Obama's speech addressing the war in Iraq. Obama insisted U.S. involvement there was the result of "a mindset characterized by a preference for military action over diplomacy, a mindset that put a premium on unilateral U.S. action over the painstaking work of building international consensus, a mindset that exaggerated threats beyond what the intelligence supported."

Odierno's Parting Shot on the Islamic State
The general who spent more time in Iraq than any other weighs in on its decline.
Strategy? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Strategy!
"We don't yet have a complete strategy," Obama says. No kidding.

Paul and Graham Both Have Something to Learn
The intraparty feud is missing the point: Obama's failed policies.
As Ramadi Falls, Obama Sticks to Failed Strategy
Oh, how things change, despite the commander in chief's deep hope.
