ESCALATION IN IRAQ AND DECEPTIVE LANGUAGE

Obama says no boots on the ground in Iraq and Syria, but with the introduction of slow-moving Apache Attack Helicopters this week, he’s getting as close as he can to the use of combat troops. They’re just 150 feet above-ground and can be shot down by rocket-propelled grenades or machine gun fire. I’m not opposed to going after ISIS, but it can’t be a U.S. effort, nor one that just involves our undemocratic Mid-East allies (ie. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain  and the like) and NATO. It should involve much broader support channeled through the UN. But that would mean talking to the Iranians and Russians, among others.