Why is the media committed to the lie that Bush went it ‘alone’ in Iraq?

Hotair ^ | 09/03/2014 | Noah Rothman

[SeekAndFind]

In spite the Islamic State’s ritualistic beheadings of American citizens, President Barack Obama remains committed to addressing the threat posed by ISIS by internationalizing the response.

“If we are joined by the international community,” Obama said on Wednesday, “we can continue to shrink ISIL’s sphere of influence, its effectiveness, its financing, its military capabilities to the point where it is a manageable problem.”

“The question is going to be making sure we’ve got the right strategy but also making sure we’ve got the international will to do it,” he added. “And what we’ve got to do is make sure that we are organizing the Arab world, the Middle East, the Muslim world, along with the international community to isolate this cancer.”

This is a laudable goal, but only to the point that it does not justify passivity or inaction. Too many in the media are, however, consumed with celebrating the idea of multilateralism for its own sake as part of a philosophical rejection of an idea of the Bush-era. And it is only an idea.

26 days after the September 11 attacks, Operation Enduring Freedom commenced in Afghanistan. The campaign to oust the Taliban from power, rid the region of al-Qaeda, and build a sustainable post-war Afghan government eventually involved 58 nations, many of them non-NATO members. In Iraq, 45 nations joined the United States in the March, 2003 mission to oust Saddam Hussein from control in Baghdad. By April, Angola and Ukraine had committed to joining the mission, raising total number of coalition countries including the United States to 48.

Traditional American allies like Canada, France, and Germany objected and refused to participate in initial combat operations. The United Nations, too, declined to sanction the campaign to change the regime in Iraq.

[Charles Martel]

He is good at manipulation with his words. WHERE have we ‘shrunk’ anything having to do with ISIS??

I think we blew up an artillery piece in those initial few airstrikes. Our subsequent "offensive" has been rather more vague.

[combat_boots]

W had a 90-day letter/intel on Iraq and WMDs. He went in. End of story.

America leaves Iraq and gives back not only 5 terror generals, but also the new ‘caliph.’ Courtesy of 0bama ALONE. He did it. And now, we are all paying.

So, America leaves Iraq, and in the vacuum, terror comes in like a tsunami. The obvious answer is that by leaving, 0bama has brought disaster to it and to the Christians there for over 1600 years.

[Repeat Offender]

How pansies show leadership

Real leadership 2:47-3:10

[Pelham]

ISIS/ISIL now just calls itself ‘the Islamic State’. IS.

So we can all wait for Barky to tell us

“It just depends on what the meaning of IS is.”