Obama Wants to Defeat ISIS–But Not That Badly » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The Obama administration recently announced a policy of limited intervention in Iraq, using drone strikes to stave off conquest of Kurdish autonomous areas by ISIS. The main US ally on the ground is Massoud Barzani’s Kurdistan Regional Government, and US support against ISIS is limited to Kurdish areas inside Iraq.