The George H. W. Bush and two escorts have just transited the Strait of Hormuz and are in position in the Persian Gulf. The U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier is now “ready for tasking,” as Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby put it.
What tasking does President Obama have in mind? Senator John McCain, among others, has urged him to bomb Sunni militants, who during recent days stormed out of the north of Iraq, captured cities with almost no fighting, and after the stunning collapse of the army now threaten Baghdad. The government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had in May asked for American airstrikes on the forces fighting under the banner of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. ISIS or ISIL, as the al-Qaeda splinter group is variously known, has achieved remarkable success because it draws strength from Sunnis disenfranchised by the Maliki government. Continue reading “If Anyone Bombs Iraq, Shouldn’t It Be China”

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