After Mosul: If Jihadists Control Iraq, Blame Nouri al-Maliki, Not The United States -- Fred Kaplan, Slate
The collapse of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, has little to do with the withdrawal of American troops and everything to do with the political failure of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
As the U.S. pullout began under the terms of a treaty signed in 2008 by then-President George W. Bush, Maliki, the leader of a Shiite political party, promised to run a more inclusive government—to bring more Sunnis into the ministries, to bring more Sunnis from the Sons of Iraq militia into the national army, to settle property disputes in Kirkuk, to negotiate a formula on sharing oil revenue with Sunni districts, and much more.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
A dangerous defeat in Iraq -- New York Daily News
Is the “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria” a Real Country Now? -- Joshua Keating, Slate
Iraq's Mosul crisis creates strange bedfellows -- Dan Murphy, CSM
Can an Islamic caliphate survive in today's Mideast? -- Christian Science Monitor editorial
The return of al-Qaeda -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
We Are Losing the War on Terror -- David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy
Are China and Russia Moving toward a Formal Alliance? -- Dingding Chen, The Diplomat
Can booming Nigeria contain Boko Haram? -- Chris Stein, CSM
Ukraine-Russia gas talks stall. Why they won't fail. -- David J. Unger, CSM
Why China Should Worry About Venezuela -- Jairo Munoz, The Diplomat
Venezuela: The Protesters' Power Is Rising -- Alvaro Vargas Llosa, National Interest
For Brazil's new middle class, life's still a struggle -- Vincent Bevins, L.A. Times
World Cup means big money for drug traffickers -- Juan Castro, AFP
Why you should root for the World Cup protesters -- Jules Boykoff, The Guardian
White House Struggles With Naming Foreign Policy Achievements -- Joel Gehrke, NRO
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