How the West Created the Islamic State
The 1991 Gulf War wasn't about restoring
"democracy" in Kuwait; the 2003 Shock and Awe invasion wasn't about
bringing democracy to Iraq; and the US isn't back in action in 2014
because of ISIS. Same old same old: oil and Israel. And this piece goes
into incredible depth on why and how.
President
Barack Obama announces the Iraqi special forces, backed by American war
planes, had retaken a strategically critical dam near Mosul, Iraq, from
extremists of the Islamic State, at the White House, in Washington,
August 18, 2014. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times)
