ISIS continues to push against Iraqi security forces around the Anbar Province today, with a major round of suicide bombing attacks leveling an important police base in Madina al-Tharthar, just north of Ramadi, and killing 45 Iraqi police and security forces, wounding 63 others.
The attacks were carried out by three separate suicide bombers, each in explosive-laden Humvees. ISIS secured thousands of US-made Humvees in the capture of Mosul last summer, and has added more with each new city taken from fleeing Iraqi troops.
The bases in and around that area have been a rallying point for both the remnants of Iraqi police forces and thousands of Shi’ite militia fighters who have been called to Anbar to stop the ISIS advance. So far, this has just turned them into an easier to reach target for the ISIS forces.
Though Iraqi officials have tried to downplay the loss of Ramadi, insisting they believe they’ll retake it soon, top Iraqi militia leader Badr Brigade head Hadi Ameri said it was unrealistic to expect any near-term moves on the city, citing sectarian tensions between the Shi’ite government and the Sunni population of Anbar.
What is the US led "coalition" going to do when ISIS turns its eye on Baghdad? It's already been proven that the Iraqi government doesn't have the wherewithal nor cohesiveness to stand against a concerted push from ISIS. Will the warmongers like McCrazy and Grahamcrackers push even harder to reinsert the US military onto the Iraqi battlefield? What will Iran do to support its nominal vassal state?
If the plan was to set sect against sect in a regional conflagration then I suppose you could say the Bush's "Mission Accomplished" was stating the truth – though it wasn't the truth they were verbally touting to the American people. And their maxim that fighting "over there" would keep the "homeland" safe is most likely a pipe dream as well.