AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A BOLD STRATEGIC MOVE… (…to stabilize an unstable region and enhance US interests there) The Kurdish people recently held a referendum about what should be considered a historic moment…they’ve openly declared their intent to ultimately become an
Kurdistan
MYOPIC NATIONAL AGENDAS BLOCKING EFFECTIVE STRATEGIC EFFORTS (…as the US and Turkey just tiptoe further into the fray with only band-aid support…) The ISIS/ISIL wildfire continues to rage with little or no containment, much less any real signs of it
BACK INTO THE WILD-BLUE YONDER (…coming full circle to where we were…before) The President has ordered an open-ended air-strike campaign against the rampaging forces of ISIS in Iraq, because these are now attempting to attack the Kurds there. It seems
THE ONLY FAIL-SAFE OPTION LEFT TO SALVAGE SOMETHING (…from a decade of misguided policy) The further rapid disintegration of the Iraqi nation-state leaves the US with very few viable options. Given the way things are evolving on the ground, by
A DISMAL ROI FROM OUR IRAQ VENTURE (…’cause nation-building artistes…we’re not) We stormed into Iraq (and Afghanistan) in the aftermath of 9/11 like an enraged and badly wounded lion, mauling and shredding everything and everyone in site with our military