General Discussion

Don't forget Poppa Bush, Clinton, Albright....

The US waged war on Iraq for 20+ solid years. The first Iraq War, followed by monthly/weekly bombing to enforce no fly zones for a decade, then Baby Bush's War.

It was inevitable that bloody chaos would follow the departure of US troops. It will be bloody chaos in Afghanistan once US troops leave there, too, whether it be next year or a decade from now.

I'm old enough to remember the Kurds on mountaintops fleeing Saddam's troops at the end of the first US War on Iraq, which led to the decade-long no fly zones. Now the Yezidis (a Kurdish minority religious group) are back on those same mountains. Deja vu all over again.

I do believe we've proven that US military force won't solve any problems in Iraq. Such a tragedy for the people of the region. I'm ashamed of my country's actions in Iraq; I wish our protest marches had been able to prevent 2 decades of war.

I agree with you, they are all bad options now. I support the humanitarian airdrops to the Yezidis, but I wish the US would just withdraw our people from Erbil rather than drops bombs to 'protect' them.

Such a bloody farce -- ISIS is driving US-made HumVees that the US left behind to 'help' the Iraqis.

All very bad options now.