Iraq Airstrikes Are Strategic, Not Humanitarian

Iraq Airstrikes Are Strategic, Not Humanitarian
Iraq Airstrikes Are Strategic, Not Humanitarian

[CORRECTED number of Mt. Sinjar airdrops] The Obama administration and the mainstream media can make the airstrikes in Iraq sound like a humanitarian war, a New Age operation driven not by realpolitik but by the high-minded and/or fuzzy-headed responsibility to protect. In fact, Obama is using deadly force for strategic goals, just like George Bush. The difference —…