Obama and Ramadi - New War on Terror

The Washington Post: States the following on the Obama policy towards IS, " Mr. Obama will not permit U.S. trainers to work with Iraqi forces on the ground or send U.S. spotters to make airstrikes more useful.....unwillingness to match means to strategy that threatens to prolong this war.  "

Lets Get Real:

Even the more limited liberal WP has had enough of the losing war policy of POTUS when it comes to Iraq.  One can understand why President Obama is wary, he knows that if he sends troops back in there will be losses, thus the candidate who promised to get the US out of Iraq and did so in 2011 would be forced to admit that he made a great strategic mistake in 2011 in taking ALL US troops out of Iraq.   Also the Liberal base of the Democratic Party would be up in arms,  at the end of the day POTUS might have no choice, if IS can get close to Baghdad this might force the US to send in US Special Forces to resuce the new government and the people of Baghdad.   Also POTUS can  not just wait to pass the buck on the Iraq War, there is nearly a year and half to go of the Obama Presidency, the IS might move closer to Baghdad or to other Middle East countries, thus better for the Oval to act when it is not under threat, if Obama waits he might get suckered punch by a threat to Baghdad. 

When you fail in politics you have NO Friends - Post 2015 Election

Daily Mail: Reports " Now Yvette Cooper turns on Miliband: Leadership hopeful savages Ed's anti-business rhetoric "

Lets Get Real:

One minute your Labour leader, everyone follows your line, one lost election and you face attacks from everyone, even those in your Shadow Cabinet.   This blog had no time for Ed Miliband, it liked his brother David Miliband, the former Foreign Secretary. One does have to feel sorry for Red Ed, on Thursday night of May 7th he was writing his speech for after he won the election, then it was 10 o clock and the BBC projection.  It was only out by a bit, by the end the Conservatives had 331 seats and a majority government, and the political knifes came out for Ed Miliband, the Labour Party only kept 232 and lost Seats all around, Scotland being the biggest loss.   There is nothing worse that being a ex leader at so young an age, he will be the what if man of politics, the man who stabbed his brother in the back for nothing!!

The 2016 and Iraq - Election 2016

CNN - Politics: Reports " Because barring a miracle, whoever wins the White House will become the fifth consecutive American president ensnared by a nation that has consumed trillions of U.S. dollars and thousands of American lives, and blighted a string of high-flying political careers. "

Lets Get Real:

The Republicans have to be firm on national security but they also must show that they have learned from mistakes, you argue that in 2003 everyone thought Iraq had WMD, it was only after the War ended did the Allies find that the intelligence was wrong.   All candidates should say if they had the intelligence they should have taken the US to war, but if the results were known before they would have used other methods to change the government in Iraq.   Anyway that is not the point, the present threat IN Iraq is the Islamic State.   The US needs to send ground troops back, who ever said history was fair!.

The NEXT Battle is Ramadi - New War on Terror

Telegraph: Reports " Shia militias and Sunni tribal fighters join forces against Islamic State in Ramadi....US promises more air strikes while Iran's defence minister arrives in Baghdad, showing new alliance forming to take on rampant Isil  "

Lets Get Real:

The Iraqi Army has to show it can fight and hold ground, so far one's review of the new Iraqi Army is not good, the old Army had a huge amount of US financial support, and what happened, the first shot and they were off.   It will be interesting to see if Shia and Sunni fighters can fight IS long enough before they start to fight betweem each other, one also has to hope that Tehran has a better hold on its forces.    As the article notes it took the US air force to win Tikrit  after the Shia militia got stalled in their fighting with IS.    The Obama Oval wants to see the retaking of Ramadi and fast,  the PR is bad for the Oval when IS has this kind of success even after months of US air attacks.    

The Hillary Clinton Emails - 2016 Election

Guardian: Reports the following, the Clinton emails will be released in January 2016,  , " Separately, the department has confirmed it will soon also release Clinton’s emails about Libya, including the controversial attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, which resulted in the killing of four Americans, including the US ambassador, Christopher Stevens. "

Lets Get Real:

This is the breaking news from that event, there will be no news, the Clinton's will make sure of that, they chose what to give to the State Department, they chose which emails to delete from their server. Their private server so they could control who sees what and what is not seen ever again.   The Clinton's are expert to this stonewalling, they make Richard Nixon look 2nd rate when it comes to stalling, the Clinton loyal lawyers will have gone through each email to make sure they are following the point of the law, the spirit is up to debate.   A private server it can be argued breaks the law in fact and spirit.   Thus no breaking news. 

Ramadi under IS control - New War on Terror

BBC News: Reports " Militants were going door-to-door looking for government sympathisers and throwing bodies in the nearby Euphrates river, residents were quoted as saying.  "

Lets Get Real: 

As the article notes Baghdad is sending in Shia militias, they were requested by the local government in Ramadi, this development could cause problems as Sunni is the majority in Anbar.   It should be noted that Baghdad sent in militias in to Tikrit, but the job had to be finished by the US air force after the militias pulled back due to the attack being stalled.   The US needs US Special Forces in Iraq, and lot of them, yes this blog sounds like a broken record on this, if you can not hold the ground your in trouble.    Also more Baghdad uses the Shia militias the more influence Iran has in Iraq, this is a troubling development to the Sunni population and to the US,  also it has to be noted that Tehran and US are in talks to stop their development of the bomb, if this fails you will see arms race develop in the MIddle East.  As  bad Iraq and Syria look it gets worse when you look at the details.