“That’s from the tail end of July, this year. So when did we ‘start’ supporting Iraq against ISIL? By August 13 we were conducting drone strikes against ISIL convoys in Iraq. What do you expect anyhow?”-You are confusing the date of the article with the date on which Iraq requested assistance. As the article states in several places Iraq had asked President Obama to intervene more than a year ago.-I think that the article Churchill links to fairly effectively refutes Mr. Bingham’s objection (and, contrary to his misunderstanding of Churchil’’s comment, does not “involve killing people.”). However, allow me to add in a link to a recent editorial from the same newspaper noting that President Bush had predicted that Iraq would devolve into chaos and bloodshed if American soldiers were removed too hastily:-http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-george-w-bush-was-right-about-iraq-pullout/2014/09/08/6ddd91b2-374e-11e4-bdfb-de4104544a37_story.html
“That’s from the tail end of July, this year. So when did we ‘start’ supporting Iraq against ISIL? By August 13 we were conducting drone strikes against ISIL convoys in Iraq. What do you expect anyhow?”-You are confusing the date of the article with the date on which Iraq requested assistance. As the article states in several places Iraq had asked President Obama to intervene more than a year ago.-I think that the article Churchill links to fairly effectively refutes Mr. Bingham’s objection (and, contrary to his misunderstanding of Churchil’’s comment, does not “involve killing people.”). However, allow me to add in a link to a recent editorial from the same newspaper noting that President Bush had predicted that Iraq would devolve into chaos and bloodshed if American soldiers were removed too hastily:-http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-george-w-bush-was-right-about-iraq-pullout/2014/09/08/6ddd91b2-374e-11e4-bdfb-de4104544a37_story.html