Iraq asks US to launch air strikes

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36. The "Free Syrian Army" has long since been pushed aside

along with the democratic aspirations of Syrians who initially protested Assad in favor of international jihad with the support of the US, Britain, France, etc. The "moderate" opposition that John Kerry and others in the Obama administration were so fond of speaking about haven't been major players for a while and since we haven't openly renounced over support for the jihadist elements in Syria, I think it is safe to assume that whatever assistance we're giving is going to al-Nusra and ISIS.

Saudi Arabia is and has been the biggest instigator of extremist violence in Syria and Iraq, and they stepped up their monetary support for the Sunni zealots after Obama failed to order missile strikes against Assad's forces. Saudi Arabia and Iran are on opposite sides of the Sunni/Shiite sectarianism and the US seems frankly confused about whom to support at this point.

While Saudi Arabia is the main bankroller of Sunni extremism in the Middle East, any honest person would not try to excuse Obama's role in the gains ISIS has made in Iraq (and against the al-Maliki government). I was condemning the US role in Syria from the very beginning, especially after seeing videos of the al-Nusra Front and ISIS types executing rows of men and posting the footage to YouTube.

Instead of cheerleading bad foreign policy because Obama ordered it, we should have been raising a ruckus to express our disagreement at his actions. Obama can never rationalize droning Sunni extremists in Pakistan and Yemen while supporting them in Syria.