The disaster in Iraq is stunning. First, Fallujah fell, then Mosul, and then the assault on the capital itself by a ragtag army arriving in pickup trucks

Iraq crumbles on Obama’s watch

Nation falling apart, betraying the sacrifice of American blood and bone

Most Americans aren’t much interested in “foreign affairs” until events demand it. Americans pay the president to worry about troubles in faraway places and usually feel entitled to nap until they get a wake-up call. But this is an option not available to presidents.

Barack Obama doesn’t hear about a crisis, whether in Benghazi or Syria or Ukraine or at the IRS, until he reads about it in the newspapers. He says so himself. The opportunity for democratic government in Iraq, purchased with the blood and bone of thousands of splendid young Americans, is crumbling, and once more the president is surprised.

The disaster in Iraq is stunning. First, Fallujah fell, then Mosul, and then the assault on the capital itself by a ragtag army arriving in pickup trucks. 

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But the Big Crumble is on Mr. Obama’s watch, abetted by his eagerness to pull American arms out of Iraq too soon, just to take credit for something he could call success.


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