Viewer support keeps the show going: http://www.Patreon.com/AcronymTV Joining Dennis on the show today to make sense of all this is Mnar Muhawesh. She is the founder, CEO and editor in chief of Mint Press News, and also a regular speaker on responsible journalism, sexism, neoconservativism within the media and journalism start-ups. Episode breakdown| As the world watches Iraq quickly descending into a failed state status under the brutal onslaught from fighters in the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, pundits, representatives form congress and no doubt members of Barack Obama's inner circle are wondering if it is not time to put together another coalition of the willing and re-engage the US Military in Iraq. Before you dust off your yellow ribbons to tie round your oak tree's though, remember: in 2003 The United States invaded Iraq after lying to the world and the American people saying that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and was connected to Al Qaeda- and therefore connected to the 9/11 attacks. All lies. Now, as Gary Grappo writes: "Iraq is collapsing. The Middle Eastern nation, where nearly 4,500 American lives were lost and nearly one billion dollars were spent from 2003-2011 to oust a dictator and rebuild a nation, is approaching chaos, perhaps even "failed state" status." The deterioration in Syria and the invasion and spread of extremism in northern and western Iraq is putting the "cradle of civilization" under the control of the Middle East's most militant, ruthless and vile Islamic extremists. They proffer no future for the region's inhabitants other than oppression under the guise of rigid adherence to Sharia law. Extremist fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) — expelled from Al Qaida because of its extreme militancy — have seized Iraq's second largest city of Mosul and took possession of Ninewah Province, after taking Fallujah and Ramadi just west of Baghdad late last year. They quickly moved south to Samarra and Tikrit, capturing both cities with little government resistance. They also seized Iraq's largest oil refinery in Baiji. The militants have made no secret of their objective: Baghdad." Tags ISIS, ISIS Video, ISIS in Iraq, ISIS in Baghdad, US troops in Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, al Qaeda in Syria, al Qaeda in Iraq, Obama, Iraq war, War in Iraq, Dennis Trainor Jr, Acronym TV, ATV, Mint Press News, Al Qaida, Fallujah Subscribe - http://bit.ly/VUl21B FOLLOW | Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AcronymTV Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dennistrainorjr Web http://www.acronymtv.com ABOUT ACRONYM TV with Dennis Trainor, Jr. Dennis Trainor, Jr. hosts Acronym TV, a weekly series of dialogue, conversation and debate with the goal of helping viewers sort through these transformative times through the insight of leading activists, artists, journalists, philosophers, scholars, and thinkers. Acronym TV is part of The Young Turks Network, the largest online news source in the world. Acronym TV, what do you stand for? Acronym TV also airs on Free Speech TV. FSTV is currently available in 37 million homes nationwide, airing on DISH Network (9415), DIRECTV (348), and Burlington Telecom (122) and streams all programs live at www.freespeech.org Dennis Trainor, Jr. is a writer, host and producer. His documentary on the Occupy movement, American Autumn: an Occudoc, garnered critical praise from The New York Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and more. He also wrote and directed Legalize Democracy, a documentary short about the Movement To Amend the Constitution. Trainor was an embedded YouTube personality/media advisor on the staff of Dennis Kucinich's 2008 presidential campaign and his work is regularly published on The Huffington Post, Truth Out, The Real New Network, Popular Resistance and several others

• published: 17 Jun 2014
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