U.S. Media Starting To Accept The Reality That President Obama's Policy To Defeat The Islamic State Is Failing

Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 14, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Zakaria: Iraq's Army Has Collapsed -- CNN

CNN speaks with Fareed Zakaria about reports over new advances by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. This is an edited version of the transcript.

There is reportedly one base remaining in Anbar Province under Iraqi control. Talking to a general, he said it isn't so significant. You disagree.

It's very significant. It’s not significant militarily, because Baghdad will hold for reasons we can talk about. What's significant here is that it tells you that the Iraqi army has collapsed, that there’s no real Iraqi army. Because those bases where people are giving up, surrendering, these are all Sunnis who don't want to fight ISIS, Sunnis who don't want to fight fellow Sunnis.

What you're seeing is that if you scratch the surface of the Iraqi army, it's a bunch of sectarian militias, and the Sunnis will not fight against ISIS because they don't like the Baghdad government.

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Update: Our failing war against the Islamic State -- Eugene Robinson, Washington Post

My Comment: This is just a small example on how the media class in Washington are trying to understand and explain the rise of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq .... while ignoring and/or minimizing the role that President Obama's polices may have helped in developing this crisis. And while I do know that most of the blame must fall on the Iraqi government and on the powers in the region .....  the White House must also share some responsibility for this catastrophe.

And here is my prediction .... in the event that the Sunni sections of Baghdad do fall to the Islamic State .... I am willing to bet that this media coverage is going to change .... and for the survival of their own journalistic credibility they are going to turn on the Obama administration in a manner that we have not seen in a long time.