Monday, June 23, 2014
Kerry asked the question 40 years ago
And now he wants to do it. Asking the last man to die in Iraq for a mistake, that is. With all the knowledgeable people declaring it won't do a damn bit of good, our brave Secretary of State is ready and willing to start dropping bombs again in Iraq.
Winding up a day of crisis talks with Iraqi leaders, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday that the Sunni militants seizing territory in Iraq had become such a threat that the United States might not wait for Iraqi politicians to form a new government before taking military action.Don't you just hate it when the military is all gung-ho to start blowing up shit and begs someone to give them "plausible cover" to let us say we didn't start it?
“They do pose a threat,” Mr. Kerry said, referring to the fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. “They cannot be given safe haven anywhere.”
“That’s why, again, I reiterate the president will not be hampered if he deems it necessary if the formation is not complete,” he added, referring to the Iraqi efforts to establish a new multisectarian government that bridges the deep divisions among the majority Shiites and minority Sunnis, Kurds and other smaller groups.
American officials, drawn increasingly back into a struggle that President Obama had sought to end, do not want to be seen as taking sides in a sectarian conflict. They have stressed in recent days that the establishment of an cross-sectarian Iraqi government would make it easier for the United States to provide military support for Iraq, including airstrikes.
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