Zunes on U.S. and ISIS

I’ve been traveling for much of the past twelve weeks and haven’t had much time to write, but I did put together a short piece for The Progressive regarding the rise of the so-called “Islamic State” in northern Iraq and Syria, U.S. policy, and the lack of good options for the Obama administration:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-zunes/the-us-and-isis_b_5772356.html

Below are some links to other recent articles of mine on Iraq:
	* Here’s my article from early this summer on U.S. culpability in the tragedy unfolding in Iraq: http://www.progressive.org/news/2014/06/187738/united-states-tragic-role-iraq
 * From earlier this year, an overview of how U.S. policy helped create the sectarian conflict in Iraq: http://ncronline.org/news/global/us-role-iraqs-upsurge-violence
 * Reflections on the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq and lessons not learned: http://ncronline.org/news/peace-justice/10-years-after-iraq-invasion-washington-still-hasnt-learned
 * Another tenth anniversary piece, reflecting on the critical role of leading Democrats in collaborating with the Bush administration in making the Iraq tragedy possible: http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/15100-democrats-share-the-blame-for-tragedy-of-iraq-war

You can find more than 70 additional articles of mine on the United States and Iraq, including those from 2002-2003 in which I predicted the rise of sectarianism and Islamic extremism in the event of a U.S. invasion, at: http://stephenzunes.org/category/topic/iraq/

And some related articles which challenge arguments put forth by Hillary Clinton and others who insist the President Obama should have gotten the United States more heavily involved in Syria’s civil war:
http://fpif.org/despite_horrific_repression_the_us_should_stay_out_of_syria/
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13774-supporting-non-violence-in-syria
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-zunes/military-intervention-in-syria_b_1392673.html

You can find a couple dozen additional articles of mine on the United States and Syria at: http://stephenzunes.org/category/topic/syria/

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