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President Obama just finished his remarks explaining why he authorized 2 operations in Iraq: targeted airstrikes to protect armed forces and humanitarian drops to help thousands of Yazidis stranded on a mountain. He added that the hallmark of American leadership is to take action to make sure innocent people are not slaughtered. Word? said the people of Syria, Gaza, CAR and Rohingya after the speech. Translation? Obamas speech shows US is committed to humanitarian intervention - provided its tied to self-interested security and economic concerns. Lesson? If everyone in Syria, Gaza, Myanmar, Nigeria converts to Yazidi religion and moves near Iraq, you might have a shot at US humanitarian aid. One hopes this intervention helps Yazidis, civilians; weakens ISIS, encourages Iraqi govt to unify and limits the inevitable blowblack
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 01:54:41 +0000

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