---- Looks like we're be providing some kind of air support ...
Joint Chiefs chairman: Iraq has asked for U.S. air power to counter militants
http://edition.cnn.c...st/iraq-crisis/
---- Which of course benefits the Iranian foreign fighters, and is part of Obama's mideast pivot to Iran .....
"Obama was asked about the dangers of Sunni extremism and Shiite extremism by Bloomberg's Jeffrey Goldberg earlier this year. The Iranians, Obama said, "are strategic, and they're not impulsive. They have a worldview, and they see their interests, and they respond to costs and benefits.... They are a large, powerful country that sees itself as an important player on the world stage, and I do not think has a suicide wish, and can respond to incentives." And on Sunni extremism? Obama's silence speaks volumes. The surge of activity from radical jihadi groups likely only underlines their danger -- and the difference between them and the government of Iran. "
http://www.foreignpo...campaign=buffer
----- Which is why Obama doesn't want to risk going to Congress for permission .....
Obama to Congress: I don't need new permission
http://edition.cnn.c...litics/us-iraq/