After IS Victory, Iraq's Survival Is in Doubt

After IS Victory, Iraq's Survival Is in Doubt

On Saturday, US time, the Obama administration announced with some fanfare that it had killed a senior operative in the group that calls itself Islamic State. The US Defence Secretary, Ashton Carter, described it as "another significant blow" to the barbarians. The White House bragged about it to reporters. US media ran the story prominently, often tinged with excitement and full of the military detail and jargon beloved of Hollywood. One day later, IS took a city in Iraq. Not an operative. A city.

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