The 40,000 Yazidis stranded on the mountain. That was the pretext for US military intervention in Iraq, as set out by President Obama last Thursday. The air war was commenced, and officials were talking up sending ground forces for “rescue” operations as recently as this afternoon. But a funny thing happened when the US “advisers” got to Mount
Yazidis Weren’t Stranded, Pentagon Looks For Other Missions
State Dept Tries to Credit US With Solving Phony Problem.