The village of Kucho in the Kurdistan region of Iraq was raided by the Islamic State (IS), yesterday. Eighty Yezidi men we killed. Hundreds of women and children were abducted. There crime: not agreeing to follow the IS brand of Islam.
The IS has taken over 1500 Yezidis and Christians as slaves in recent months, all for the same reason.
Curiously, the Yezidis are a group that some feel is derived in part from Shia Islam. Since IS is Sunni-based, this isn’t the correct kind of Islam, certainly a valid reason for killing.
The Yezidis must not have gotten the memo from the White House: the threat of genocide is over since “most” of the Yezidis on Mt. Sinjar are “safe” thanks to our knocking out a few of the thousands of US heavy weapons controlled by the IS.
I’m not sure how many people constitute the “red line” for Obama to invoke genocide. Since tens of thousands aren’t in danger, He must feel that he can unilaterally declare the genocide over as he did with al Qaeda. All this while IS puts up images on the internet of their flag flying over Obama’s White House.
Much of the leadership of IS are jihadists that were previously in our custody. The five detainees (swapped for Bowe Bergdahl) now “detained” in Qatar may have job opportunities with IS after their “rehabilitation.”
Christians all over the Middle East have been the victims of genocide openly declared by clerics and jihadists for years, but Obama has said little and certainly not mobilized any military intervention on their behalf.
Funny how the president of “all the people” is so selective. His DHS cites right wing religious groups as a threat to the country, but won’t say the words, “Islamic jihadists.”
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