Iraq War III has now begun

As ISIS marches toward Baghdad, can Washington afford to sit on the sidelines?

ISIS
(Image credit: (AP Photo via Militant Website, File))

Images emerging from Mosul, Iraq's embattled northern city, present a familiar scene to fans of zombie movies. Burned-out military vehicles are clustered together on empty streets. At every intersection there is evidence of desperate last stands. Strewn uniforms lay abandoned outside gutted police stations. Hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled for their lives. Mosul is a ghost town where only looters and stray dogs hazard the streets.

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