re: #527 lawhawk

Well, the US is carrying out airstrikes to blunt ISIS advances and help out the Kurds and Yezidi.

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Needless to say, I’m concerned about getting re-entangled in Iraq, but if Irbil is really in danger from ISIS, then we need to be hitting ISIS from the air. Iraqi Kurdistan is the FUBAR mess that is Iraq’s only real chance at a multi-ethnic democracy, and if they need our help, we must give it to them.

Also, I’m sure Maliki would scream bloody murder if we started handing advanced weaponry to the Peshmerga (they’re still using T-55s?) but fuck him. I’d give the Kurds everything they want in the latest high tech military equipment.