A CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter launches from the USS Mesa Verde during preparations for a 2011 exercise in the Mediterranean Sea. The ship entered the Persian Gulf on Monday to support possible US action in Iraq. Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Josue L. Escobosa/USNavy/Reuters/File
Pentagon Moves USS Mesa Verde Nearer Iraq. What Can It Do? -- Anna Mulrine, CSM
Washington — With Islamist militants bearing down on Baghdad, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered yet another ship to the Persian Gulf Monday. The USS Mesa Verde will join a US aircraft carrier strike group and give President Obama “additional options to protect American citizens and interests in Iraq, should he chose to use them,” Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said Monday.
The Pentagon is also providing some 50 to 100 US troops to help with security at US diplomatic facilities in Baghdad, which could include the temporary relocation of some embassy personnel in the face of possible attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Obama’s Iraq disaster -- Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post
Obama Should Have Seen Iraq Unrest Coming, Experts Say -- Perry Bacon Jr. and Andrew Rafferty, NBC
Obama’s impossible choices on Iraq -- Bill Schneider, Reuters
Could U.S., Iran work together in Iraq? Maybe, officials say -- Michael Pearson and Holly Yan, CNN
Iran Wins Again in Iraq -- Bruce Riedel, US News and World Report
ISIS a fanatical force -- with a weakness -- Charles Lister, CNN
Who are the major players in the Iraq crisis? -- Jim Michaels, USA Today
Turmoil Blurring Mideast Borders -- Lee Keath & Ryan Lucas, AP
Let Them Kill Each Other -- Mike Konrad, American Thinker
China and America: A Superpower Showdown in Asia -- John Hemmings, National Interest
Let North Korea Collapse -- Sue Mi Terry, NYT
Colombia election: Referendum on peace? -- Inside Story/Al Jazeera
The World Ignites on Obama’s Watch -- Walter Russell Mead, American Interest
U.S. economy: Not looking so good -- Annalyn Kurtz, CNN
The last World Cup: after Brazil 2014, is the tournament finished? -- Jason Cowley, New Statesman
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