Thursday, October 12, 2017

Mr. President, stop harassing the press.

For as conscious as you are regarding the dialogues of the news organizations, I am only left to wonder who is taking care of the country. 

The Gulf Coast and the Atlantic territories are in shambles. There is plenty to attend to without tapping into political insecurity.

Presidents always have trouble communicating with the press when it comes to actions and policies.

Enough already.

The Iraqi forces have taken back their country. There is every reason to believe they are strong enough to ensure the future of their children.

October 11, 2017

Far from the force that swept across Iraq in mid-2014 (click here) and seized control of nearly a third of the country, ISIL today has been weakened significantly, relegated to just a few dozen square kilometres of ground, with manpower in the low thousands.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group was removed last week from yet another stretch of the country, the latest in a series of blows to the once-powerful armed group. The town of Hawija, which ISIL had held since 2014, lies around 240km north of Baghdad and was its last urban stronghold in Iraq...