This media blackout is giving me a really bad feeling. I just hope they are more than 100 armed security in that Green Zone.
I’m afraid we won’t know what’s going on until after it’s happened, and probably not until someone at Fox News/Breitbart/etc. has done some digging.
Obama’s words must be parsed carefully. He said he would not send combat troops into Iraq to help the Iraq government battle militants massing near Baghdad. While he has done his best to purge the US Military of leaders unwilling to do his will, the remnants have probably made it clear there will not be a repeat of Benghazi. I would expect troops will be sent in to protect the Embassy - probably a lot of troops. Obama has wasted a lot of time after totally wasting the opportunity to strengthen the existing government, and unfortunately we will probably see a lot of US lives lost trying to defend the Embassy and those there when our air assets could have effectively slowed ISIS to the point the Iraq government could have held together. Probably too late now.
There is no media blackout. All of the reports about bagdad airport are a hoax.