"Defense" secretary Hagel proposes sending US troops into combat in Iraq [ to fight an unending war with no concept of victory ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/16/us-war-isis-iraq-hagel-dempsey-congress-combat ) . Chelsea Manning — who was an Iraq intelligence analyst before becoming a heroic whistleblower — [ explains why this won't work ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/16/chelsea-manning-isis-strategy ) . If the goal is to win Iraqi Sunnis away from supporting ISIS, sending US troops to attack them [ again ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2004-nov-feb.html#17%20November%202004%20%28Falluja%20in%20ruins%29 ) is the stupidest possible strategy. However, if the goal is to distract Americans with war fervor from the way plutocracy is oppressing them, it might work.
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