BBC News - Iraq militants seize second city of Mosul
Interestingly, and I missed this, Fallujah is also now back in the hands of militants.
I find this item important for 2 reason:
1) USian MSM is entirely ineffective in providing important news. (No real surprise, just another example.) Although, CNN does have something on their website, I doubt anything will be on the evening news.
2) I believe that as Iraq goes, so will they larger Middle East, and Afghanistan. With the current CINC, though, we will not commit our military to saving it. Arguing whether we should or not is irrelevant. We won't.
Nouri Maliki acknowledged "vital areas" of the country's second largest city had been seized.
Overnight, hundreds of armed men seized local government's offices and police stations before taking control of the airport and the army's headquarters.
Interestingly, and I missed this, Fallujah is also now back in the hands of militants.
Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, who is struggling to form a government in the wake of the April elections, has vowed to drive the ISIS "terrorists" out of mainly-Sunni Mosul in short order.
He is unlikely to succeed soon. He made similar vows when Sunni militants took over Falluja, west of Baghdad, in January, and they are still there.
I find this item important for 2 reason:
1) USian MSM is entirely ineffective in providing important news. (No real surprise, just another example.) Although, CNN does have something on their website, I doubt anything will be on the evening news.
2) I believe that as Iraq goes, so will they larger Middle East, and Afghanistan. With the current CINC, though, we will not commit our military to saving it. Arguing whether we should or not is irrelevant. We won't.