[PGR88]

It will be interesting to see what the Shiite militias can do against ISIS. they are probably watching and waiting for the Iraq Army to fail before jumping into the fray.

When two irregular armies fight, things will get really vicious.

[Viennacon]

This isn’t an invasion... yet

Its a secondary probe of the defense capabilities of the capital.

Baghdadi knows he has more to fear from the Iranian trained militiamen than he does from the Iraqi armed forces. His strategy is to inflame sectarian tensions within Baghdad using car bombs on Shiite neighborhoods and militia outposts and provoke the Shiites into massacring the Sunnis in the capital. Once this happens, ISIS will bust in all guns blazing and will gain a tide of popular Sunni support along the way.

My only concern is will Zero leave our embassy staff to die again

[grania]

The rest of the civilized world has got to step up. It's obvious that Obama has neither the intelligence nor knowledge to handle this situation, and he's removed from his decision making circle anyone who would.

The US has done so much harm with regime change, actually since GWB and Iraq (blame both Obama and GWB) that someone else will have to clean up the mess while hopefully we clean up our own problems.

Egypt's military is the only military, globally, that's done anything to turn back the mess US policy has created.