Iraq is splintering into at least 3 pieces and president Obama hasn't lifted a finger to help For several months, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has been begging the US for manned or unmanned air strikes on the staging areas for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) forces. These are the terrorists who have now captured 4 cities and are headed for Baghdad. President Obama has refused. What we may see in the next few days in Iraq is the government fleeing Baghdad and the Sunni terrorists holding a large chunk of the country, in addition to territory they control in next door Syria. Boundary lines in the Middle East are being redrawn while the US sits on the sidelines. New York Times: Hoshyar Zebari, Iraq’s foreign minister, last year floated the idea that armed American-operated Predator or Reaper drones might be used to respond to the expanding militant network in Iraq. American officials dismissed that suggestion at the time, saying that the...(Read Full Post)