To the Point

Iraq Teeters on the Brink

Iraq appears to be reaping the negative consequences of both the Bush Administration's invasion and the Obama Administration's withdrawal. ISIS has exploited differences between Sunnis and Kurds, and the Shia are divided among themselves. For the US, are there any good options?

By Warren Olney • May 5, 2016 • 52m Listen

Iraq appears to be reaping the negative consequences of both the Bush Administration's invasion and the Obama Administration's withdrawal. ISIS has exploited differences between Sunnis and Kurds, and the Shia are divided among themselves. For the US, are there any good options?

Later on the program, terrorism is much in the news, but political freedom means Americans will always be vulnerable.

Photo: Followers of Iraq's Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr storm Baghdad's Green Zone after lawmakers failed to convene for a vote on overhauling the government, in Iraq April 30, 2016. (Khalid al Mousily/Reuters)

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Paul von Zielbauer
Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Jenny Hamel
KCRW

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To the Point

Iraq Teeters on the Brink

Iraq appears to be reaping the negative consequences of both the Bush Administration's invasion and the Obama Administration's withdrawal. ISIS has exploited differences between Sunnis and Kurds, and the Shia are divided among themselves. For the US, are there any good options?

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To the Point

Iraq Teeters on the Brink

Iraq appears to be reaping the negative consequences of both the Bush Administration's invasion and the Obama Administration's withdrawal. ISIS has exploited differences between Sunnis and Kurds, and the Shia are divided among themselves. For the US, are there any good options?

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