Obama's Iraq Policy: Passing the First Hurdle
Category: POLITICS
With Nouri al-Maliki agreeing to step aside, Iraq may have passed its first hurdle on the way to forming the kind of government that will be needed to defeat the Islamic State (IS). Passing this hurdle may also serve to vindicate the cautious approach the Obama Administration has taken in addressing the IS crisis.
By James Zogby, ContributorPresident, Arab American Institute; author, 'Arab Voices', 2014-08-16