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We can't afford to let Isis run wild in Iraq

<p class="p1">A successful military intervention isn't just possible; it's essential</p>

16 August 2014

9:00 AM

16 August 2014

9:00 AM

Iraq is a bloody mess. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has extended its hold from eastern Syria into western and northern Iraq, massacring Shi’ites, Christians and Yazidis wherever it can. Meanwhile in Baghdad there has been a constitutional crisis, with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki threatening to cling to power even though his own political bloc has chosen a different candidate.

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Max Boot is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.

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