USA TODAY: In a series of stunning defeats for Iraqi government forces, radical militants moved closer toward Baghdad on Wednesday, seizing key cities and confronting President Obama with a fresh foreign-policy crisis…
The U.S. already has expedited weapons sales to Iraq this year, including missiles, ammunition, and other equipment and arms.
The fall of Baghdad — or outbreak of a civil war — would raise the stakes considerably. It would further traumatize the tumultuous region and raise questions about whether the U.S. squandered the progress it made there… (more)
