Posted on 08/07/2014 2:22:58 PM PDT by Hojczyk
According to the U.N., between 35,000 and 50,000 fled to nearby Mount Sinjar and other areas, "reportedly surrounded by ISIS armed elements" and lacking water and other aid.
The Washington Post detailed dire circumstances, reporting Thursday that thousands of families hiding on Mount Sinjar are desperate for help and that Iraqi government airdrops of aid are not sufficient. According to the Post, some water bottles also cracked open during the drop.
Reuters reported Thursday that a rescue is underway, and some of the thousands trapped on the mountain have been brought to safety.
But Wolf, in his letter to the president, said the situation deserves higher-level involvement from the Obama administration.
"Time is running out," Wolf wrote. He called for a senior official to be appointed as the "lead person" to coordinate government resources, and greater cooperation with NGOs like UNICEF to channel food and other aid to the victims.
Earnest said Tuesday that the U.S. is supporting the Iraqi security forces and the Kurdish Peshmerga forces defending these areas. He said joint operations centers -- set up after IS first started making significant gains across the region -- in Irbil and Baghdad are sharing information.
Earnest said U.S. and Iraqi officials are discussing a "coordinated approach to the humanitarian situation in that region of the country."
The highest level statement on the matter has come from Samantha Power, U.S. ambassador to the U.N.
Power condemned the attacks "that have reportedly led to the displacement of tens of thousands of people, many from vulnerable minority communities, deepening Iraq's already acute humanitarian crisis." She urged all parties to allow "safe access" to the U.N. and its partners to deliver aid, including to families stuck on Mount Sinjar.
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if Obama goes on vacation without authorizing action to attack ISIS and save the Iraqi Christians , he needs to be forcibly removed from office .
CNN was just now implying that Obama “could” act “tonite” to airstrikes inside Iraq. They noted that the Kurds have gone silent in the last couple of hours, as well.
I believe that the term genocide already applies - killing people for their religious beliefs in an attempt to wipe them out.
I think the French will be the first to do something ,Obama , All his brain power is focused on Illegals or is it on his vacation
Didn’t Obama take us out of Iraq?
Now they feel the need to go back in?
NYTimes reporting we have made several air strikes in Northern Iraq, The Pentagon is denying.
This is what happens when the stupid uninformed voters of America are allowed to vote into the highest office a man so utterly clueless about foreign affairs and military matters . This should NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN ! The U.S. Constitution needs to be amended to require that anyone holding the office of POTUS must have served honorably , in command rank , in the U.S. Armed Forces . America needs to be led by warriors , not lawyers . I call upon the U.S. Armed Forces to take immediate action to get America and the world out of the terrible situation we have gotten ourselves into . Do it now .
'WE'RE LEAVING BEHIND A SOVEREIGN, STABLE AND SELF-RELIANT IRAQ'
His Arrogance is a Sunni Muslim. He will wring his hands and contemplate until it is too late and then launch a “Benghazi late but the best we could do under the circumstances” action. He will then up the military aid to the “anti Assad rebels - aka ISIS” bunch.
Way too soon for Obama’s normal “weighing” period.
Edward Hamley speaking of Marshal Bezaine during the
Franco-Prussian war...
“The anxiety of the temporizing mind which prefers
postponement of a crisis to vigorous action.”
Sure sounds like Obama to me.
Yes. I would be great to have a country who’s leadership has to be in the military, so we can do more wars.
We need more people who can keep us out of wars, not lead us into them. The last sixty years have not been great in terms of our leaders and our wars. I
We need to make a change.
Obama, the gay, muslims anti-christ..
Let’s sum it up. In no particular order.
1. America announces it is leaving Iraq and Afghanistan.
2. America sits idle as Ghaddafi is assassinated.
3. Rebels, now ISIS turn Syria into a war zone.
4. A US Ambassasor and three Marines are killed in a destabilized Libya.
5. ISIS is on the move in Iraq, with US weapons.
6. Hamas starts a war with Israel.
7. ISIS goes on a murderous rampage in Iraq, killing every non Muslim in site, looting and pillaging.
8. Oops, forgot about the Copts in Egypt getting killed by the Muslim Brotherhood.
What is the common thread in all of this? As a side note, Valerie Jarrett was born in Iran. Obama was a Muslim.
we have tried the change to strictly civilian leadership , it does not work out . They insist that we negotiate an outcome , VICTORY is not in their lexicon . Peace will rein when our mortal enemies have ceased to exist entirely . When radical islam is so crushed and beaten that it can never arise again . George Bush was right , this should be a long war . It is being made even longer and far worse , by clueless doves trying to song & dance the outcomes . It’s time to really go to war , and get it done . However long it takes . Reinstate the draft and let older guys serve . USA needs 5 million troops under arms .
You are being fooled by the Military industrial Complex.
We need to define what our interests are. And cut our ties where they don’t lie. We’ve been the world cops for 70 years. It was never supposed to be our job.
Let’s bring our guys home.
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