◼ Saturday evening reports started coming in from Iraq that the “Green Zone” where Baghdad’s governmental buildings are located was being filled up with the military after a speech from Prime Minister Maliki refusing to relinquish control of the country currently under attack from ISIS. As the report from CNN below relates, Obama had put a lot of stock in this change of government, so this is bad news for just about everyone involved. Soopermexican/The Right Scoop
◼ "This situation is far more grave than just the 'humanitarian' crisis President Obama declared he intended to address..." - The Daily Signal
...The administration faces three daunting tasks. It must continue to support the Kurds, who are doing the brunt of the fighting against. The U.S. must support Jordan. A stable Jordan is key to containing the spiraling conflict. Further, the U.S. must move quickly, pressing to reestablishing a legitimate government in Baghdad. If the White House can’t achieve these tasks there is little hope that the region can be spared a bloody, vicious and dangerous civil war.
