Richard, The article's point has merit. It is obviously advantageous for the USA to eliminate ISIS in the Middle East. But Obama is committed not to use American troops to settle the political situation in Iraq. As such, he is and will be reliant on the success of the Iraqi government to keep their own house in order and to defeat the threats posed by ISIS.
If the current Iraqi government fails, Obama has no choice but to send back the Army troops to protect the American interests, namely the homeland safety, and the stabilization of oil prices and supply. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <punditster@...> wrote : "For the United States, an Islamic Caliphate is a severe threat to the dollar and to national security, as ISIS could abolish the Petro-dollar agreement America has with OPEC and the Saudi government, and in addition, could potentially cause a new oil crisis as ISIS already controls several oil fields within the state of Iraq." http://www.examiner.com/article/a-hundred-years-after-start-of-wwi-the-ottoman-empire-returns http://www.examiner.com/article/a-hundred-years-after-start-of-wwi-the-ottoman-empire-returns > On 8/4/2014 1:03 PM, jr_esq@... mailto:jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: With the successful attacks by the militants in Kurdish lands, the various political forces in Iraq could and should now rally together to get a unified country for the sake of its own existence. If this happens, it would be a victory for Iraq. > On 8/4/2014 2:23 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: What if you woke up in the morning and found out that ISIS had taken over Baghdad and the Iraqi oilfields? What if the Iraqi oil supply was interrupted and there was a shortage of oil exports? What if the crises was worse than the 1973-74 OPEC oil embargo? What if there was a world-wide oil shock? What would you do? Purchase a bicycle. Take the bus to work. Sell your vehicle and by an electric car. Do nothing - wait in line for hours at a gas station. Send troops into Iraq to route out and kill the ISIS forces. Vote to increase U.S. domestic oil output and to build more fuel refineries. "...a world oil shock at least equal to the so-called ‘Arab oil embargo’ of 1973-74 in terms of oil export supply cuts from several key regions and producer states – Russia, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen and possibly the GCC Arab Gulf exporters." 'Oil prices - When ISIS takes Baghdad' http://www.oilvoice.com/n/Oil_prices_When_ISIS_takes_Baghdad/40d31cf76c7b.aspx#gsc.tab=0 http://www.oilvoice.com/n/Oil_prices_When_ISIS_takes_Baghdad/40d31cf76c7b.aspx#gsc.tab=0 > It would also be a victory for Obama's foreign policies. Let's find out in the next few weeks. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/04/islamic-state-iraq_n_5647532.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/04/islamic-state-iraq_n_5647532.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592
