Obama, predictably, was delighted. But whatever happens next, Maliki won’t
go down quietly – to say the least. Even as the predominant
narrative among Sunnis, a substantial number of Kurds and even
some Shiite political blocs is that Maliki antagonized Sunnis
all-out; and that’s what drove them to support the Caliph en
masse (although now many are having second thoughts.)
As for the KRG and Barzani, in the Obama administration scheme of
things, what matters is that they should not declare
independence. As long as Barzani promises to Obama that Kurdistan
stays inside Iraq, the KRG will get more bombs and drones and the
‘humanitarian’ operation will speed up. US Special
Forces are already deployed all over the huge area where the
Caliphate borders the KRG, in so-called desert forward operating
positions. And the US for all practical purposes is now the Iraqi
Air Force against the Caliph.
Watch ‘the Hillarator’
This Obama administration warped R2P – protection for Americans
first, refugees second – will accomplish nothing for a key
reason; no bombing – ‘humanitarian’ or otherwise -
exterminates a political/religious movement, even one as demented
as IS. The Caliphate prospers, somewhat, and expands, because
unlike that pathetic Free Syrian Army (FSA) it’s winning
territory, desert and urban, in both Syria and Iraq; an area
bigger than Great Britain already, holding at least 6 million
people.