An Iraqi soldier fighting ISIS in Ramadi. Yahoo/Reuters
The situation in Iraq is so dire that Iraqi military leaders in Iraq have "their bags packed". -Yahoo News. Political deadlock continues as Nouri al-Maliki fights for his political life. The article predicts Iraq being split into three parts, a Shia south, Kurdish north and a ISIS caliphate in the west.
My Comment:
Very misleading title by Yahoo, but a good article anyways. Read it if you need to get up to speed on the situation in Iraq. I was hoping for more about the media coverage of the Iraq War though. No question it has been overshadowed by current events in Ukraine and Gaza. Is that justified though? I think it is in the case of the Ukrainian Civil War it is justified. The war has global implications and may very well spread into a wider European war. That's huge news, and as important as Iraq is, it's understandable that it would get more coverage.
As for Gaza though, any commentary on the war is completely wasted, including this. Everything that can be said about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been said dozens of times. Only the combat has changed. And there is very little chance of the conflict having any new impact on anything outside of the borders of Israel and Gaza. That's in contrast to a shocking war with a resurgent Al-Qaeda splinter group rolling over Iraqi security forces, crucifying people, and blowing up historical treasures. In a hundred years the current Gaza conflict will just be another historical footnote in a long war war that will probably still be going on. People won't be talking about it. They will be talking about ISIS and the Iraqi and Syrian civil wars.
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