With Obama's speeches on the situation and an active air campaign, it looks like a war has started in the Middle East in all but name. Britain has only just recovered from a catastrophic near break-up. Something that Keiser Bill and Adolph couldn't achieve. So we should be pitching in soon I guess. Obama expects the Kurds to do the fighting as the much vaunted trillion dollar Iraqui army ran away on day 1 after a few shots. Only a matter of time before mission creep sees US army boots on the ground imho. Will the Chinese finance this war or will the printing presses have to print more money flat out ? Why the allies don't just let the locals fight it out and say a big well done to the winners, I don't know. Would cost next to nothing and we could sell loads of weapons to every side. As I see it President Assad was the bad guy but now the US is attacking some of his rebels ( who they used give weapons to ) he is being re-instated as not such a bad guy. Iran used to be the bogey man of the Mid East and violently anti-American but they are being coseyed up to for the sake of an alliance. The Saudis used to be the US's buddies in the area but ISL are also Sunnis which is awkward. Turkey is fed up with having a US presence on their soil and banned flights from their airbases, beside they have a problem with the Kurds. No doubt Kerry and Blair will be patching up relationships in Jerusalem having got their orders from above ( could be The White House or their bosses The Israelis ) Hundreds of US and European ISL converts have already returned home for a bit of killing, sabotage etc. so we may have a hot winter politically. Well done the State Dept. plenty of action but again made no friends ! Using the usual losing strategy of trying to bash others into submission. The war should last at least a century or two. Sort of confusing really
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