Islamic State vs. The World (except Canada)

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I think America's preferred future place in international relations should be as this almighty Sky God that rains fire on those who goes against its will but never directly imposes itself on the situation.

Is this what you had in mind?

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Maliki is pretty much done -and there likely will be no coup:

Maliki’s Bid to Keep Power in Iraq Seems to Collapse

By TIM ARANGO
AUG. 12, 2014

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Ben Nelson introduces bill to bomb Syria.

That's Bill Nelson (D-FL), not Ben Nelson (D-NE).  

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The CIA is now saying that the Islamic State has more than twice the number of fighters we thought they had.

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Time to change the thread title -we are now striking IS in Syria.

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If you're thinking of including Egypt in your vacation plans, I urge you to reconsider. 

Believe it or not, there are still some tour groups out there (TopDeck included, apparently) that still think Egypt is safe enough for tourists. 

Egypt militants may be copying Islamic State's brutal methods

By LAURA KING

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Seems President Obama has come to the conclusion (too late) that perhaps he made a mistake not leaving a contingent of American troops in Iraq instead of withdrawing all of them at the end of 2011 -not that he's actually going to admit it in so many words:

Obama plans to double U.S. force in Iraq

By Missy Ryan
November 7 at 7:30 PM

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