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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about Iraq in the Brady Briefing room of the White House on June 19, 2014 in Washington, DC.
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Over the last three decades, from the Gulf War to the War on
Terror, the United States and its allies have spent trillions of dollars
on war in Iraq. Thousands of lives have been lost, and thousands more
are forever changed.
Now, as sectarian violence once again threatens the region, President Obama announced a plan to send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to help the nation's security forces overcome Sunni extremists who have built strongholds in the northeast part of the country.
Robin Wright, distinguished scholar at the Wilson Center in Washington and the U.S. Institute of Peace, says the U.S. doesn't have the morale or the money to stage a third intervention, and she's skeptical that the president's plans can produce results.
Wright, the author of "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World," also raises concerns about the future of Iraq under Prime Minister Maliki, who has laid the blame for the current crisis on Saudi Arabia.
She writes that the Prime Minister's "intransigence has sabotaged Iraqi nationalism—though others share in the blame—and simply propping him up could eventually be costly."
Now, as sectarian violence once again threatens the region, President Obama announced a plan to send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to help the nation's security forces overcome Sunni extremists who have built strongholds in the northeast part of the country.
Robin Wright, distinguished scholar at the Wilson Center in Washington and the U.S. Institute of Peace, says the U.S. doesn't have the morale or the money to stage a third intervention, and she's skeptical that the president's plans can produce results.
Wright, the author of "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World," also raises concerns about the future of Iraq under Prime Minister Maliki, who has laid the blame for the current crisis on Saudi Arabia.
She writes that the Prime Minister's "intransigence has sabotaged Iraqi nationalism—though others share in the blame—and simply propping him up could eventually be costly."
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Shred all the papers and evidence
they can, delete the names of the collaborators and turn off the lights
on the way out. The damage done over the last 12 years can't and will
not be fixed by any more inane American involvement!
Jun. 20 2014 04:12 PM
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300 Advisors are going to Iraq to show Maliki the door
Jun. 20 2014 02:19 PM
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The middle east is a never ending
conflict, a total cespool. America should totally back out- and let
them all fight it out amongst themselves. Nothing we do will ever
alleviate the conflicts there. After the USA backs out, give it 10-20
years... they'll all kill themselves off. We should only open greater
refugee programs while they kill themselves. When they've killed
themselves off, then we can go and help reorganize. Stay out, America,
let them do themselves in once and for all. Amen? Am I too cynical?
Jun. 20 2014 01:03 PM
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How ironic and sad that your
movie reviewers are giving a positive review to the new movie and sequel
Think Like a Man 2, when my other NPR station in Boston is having a
discussion about it in reference to the roles of women in Hollywood as
clueless, sexual objects.
I hope you'll follow Tom Ashbrook's lead and discuss the role of women in the movies in the 21st century, and who is paying good money to see this movie and so many others. Thank God for indie films with women in lead roles who really lead by example.
I hope you'll follow Tom Ashbrook's lead and discuss the role of women in the movies in the 21st century, and who is paying good money to see this movie and so many others. Thank God for indie films with women in lead roles who really lead by example.
Jun. 20 2014 12:06 PM
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In the lexicon of highly-trained
clandestine super soldiers when in a group of 20 we call them SEALs and
when in a group of 300 we call them military advisers.
Jun. 20 2014 09:47 AM
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