Well, looking at the other stories on the site, I'm guessing this is coming from the same camp as RT, Zero Hedge, et. al. As far as I'm aware, while many may d

Well, looking at the other stories on the site, I'm guessing this is coming from the same camp as RT, Zero Hedge, et. al. As far as I'm aware, while many may disagree with the implied narrative slung across the historical data points reeled off, none of the data points themselves are out-and-out false (well, it may be hyperbolic to say the US put Saddam in power - there's only suggestive evidence that they helped him rise to become head of the Iraqi security forces, afaik) so it's refreshing to me to see something on the current Iraq crisis that is neither just jingoistic ra-ra, nor wildly inaccurate, nor a simplistic partisan opinion piece blaming opposite-flavoured domestic politicians, that still somewhat avoids the conspiracist deep-end. Surprised they didn't mention Cy Hersh's recent reporting on Libya, Syria and Turkey, though - maybe it doesn't meet their credibility threshold ;-) I agree on the Pando piece, and I'd also suggest http://www.emptywheel.net/2014/06/13/what-if-us-government-had-not-demanded-we-drop-it-on-malikis-corruption-in-2010/ http://www.emptywheel.net/2014/06/13/what-if-us-government-h... as an additional datapoint in looking at this whole sorry mess.