It is too bad that President Obama did not negotiate with Iraq to maintain a force to assist in the stability of Iraq, and did not maintain President Bush’s attention to the development of democratic institutions in the country. Had he done so ISIS might have been stopped back when President Obama dismissed them as the “JV team.”
In thinking of the history of the Caliphate, one should remember the Black Plague. Occurring in the middle of the 14th century, various scholars have put the death toll at as much as 50% of the population. The loss of skills, knowledge, social cohesion, as well as the trade and economic losses, must have been devastating. Imagine our civilization undergoing such a catastrophe. It beggars the imagination.
TripleAxel over 9 years ago
It is too bad that President Obama did not negotiate with Iraq to maintain a force to assist in the stability of Iraq, and did not maintain President Bush’s attention to the development of democratic institutions in the country. Had he done so ISIS might have been stopped back when President Obama dismissed them as the “JV team.”
Dtroutma over 9 years ago
^It’s possible the simple act (or simpleton acts) of the Cheney/Bremer policies screwed up Iraq for the next decade, or generation, or two.
piobaire over 9 years ago
In thinking of the history of the Caliphate, one should remember the Black Plague. Occurring in the middle of the 14th century, various scholars have put the death toll at as much as 50% of the population. The loss of skills, knowledge, social cohesion, as well as the trade and economic losses, must have been devastating. Imagine our civilization undergoing such a catastrophe. It beggars the imagination.