Thanks for instructing me in political correctness, it’s ok. Now to your substance as to whether I read the article, maybe the headline writer should have read it. On the content of the article, the author ( using quotes supporting that position)makes the statement ,in line with conventional wisdom , that the Iraq war didn’t work ( i.e. was in vain). If it weren’t for the Iraq War and the gains made in establishing Kurdistan as a political entity, Obama’s reluctance to intervene against ISIS would have allowed them to consolidate irreversibly. Without the Iraq War , the Kurds would have been targets of Sadaam Hussein, including poison gas attacks, for establishing the level of autonomy that allowed them to accomplish what they did against ISIS.