More strikes on ISIS today

[Kosh]

To be fair, I can't remember a war that was legal.

Speaking of solely based on the legal aspects, there have been two presidents now that have started illegal wars, that would be Clinton and Obama.

 

[Katzndogz]

This is the result of failing to secure the victory in Iraq and walking away. It's hard to see any results out of these strikes. ISIS just burned a refugee camp in Lebanon to the ground. The Kurds are not going to stop ISIS. It's foolish to think they can.

 

[georgephillip]

Patrick Cockburn has reported independently from the Middle East for decades, and his latest book makes clear how much damage the US War on Terror has done to that region:

"Iraq has disintegrated.

"Little is exchanged between its three great communities – Shia, Sunni and Kurd – except gunfire.

"The outside world hopes that a more inclusive government will change this but it is probably too late.

"The main victor in the new war in Iraq is the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) which wants to kill Shia rather than negotiate with them.

"Iraq is facing a civil war that could be as bloody as anything that we have seen in Syria and could go on for years.

"The crucial date in this renewed conflict is 10 June, 2014 when Isis captured Iraq’s northern capital, Mosul, after three days’ fighting.

"The Iraqi government had an army with 350,000 soldiers on which $41.6bn (£25bn) had been spent in the three years from 2011, but this force melted away without significant resistance.

"Discarded uniforms and equipment were found strewn along the roads leading to Kurdistan and safety. The flight was led by commanding officers, some of whom rapidly changed into civilian clothes as they abandoned their men.

"Given that Isis may have had as few as 1,300 fighters in its assault on Mosul this was one of the great military debacles in history.

"Within two weeks those parts of northern and western Iraq outside Kurdish control were in the hands of Isis. By the end of the month the group had announced a caliphate straddling the Iraq-Syria border."

?The End of a Country, and the Start of a New Dark Age? - Truthdig

Iraq was cobbled together in the early 20th century, so yes, it may divide into AUTONOMOUS REGIONS. After ISIS is neutralized.

IS may or may not be "neutralized" (whatever that means), but the fact remains the US invasion in March of 2003 set in motion events that have lead to the murder, maiming, displacement, and incarceration of MILLIONS of innocent Muslim civilians. The civilians that were responsible for the War on Terror are war criminals and deserve prosecution as such.

 

[georgephillip]

To be fair, I can't remember a war that was legal.

Speaking of solely based on the legal aspects, there have been two presidents now that have started illegal wars, that would be Clinton and Obama.

By what stretch of the word "legality" was Bush's invasion of Iraq legal?