President Obama has quite a knack for foreign policy: everything he touches seems to crumble. The administration's policy in Iraq, for example, was to use the Kurds in northern Iraq to hold back the advance of ISIS, buying time to broker a political solution in Baghdad that would win back the loyalties of alienated Sunnis.
Iraq Goes on the Obama Diet
Iraq Goes on the Obama Diet
Iraq Goes on the Obama Diet
President Obama has quite a knack for foreign policy: everything he touches seems to crumble. The administration's policy in Iraq, for example, was to use the Kurds in northern Iraq to hold back the advance of ISIS, buying time to broker a political solution in Baghdad that would win back the loyalties of alienated Sunnis.