Headline Roundup • August 8th, 2014
US Aircraft Strike in Iraq
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From the Left
Analysis: Obama, With Reluctance, Returns to Action in Iraq
New York Times (News)
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In sending warplanes back into the skies over Iraq, President Obama on Thursday night found himself exactly where he did not want to be. Hoping to end the war in Iraq, Mr. Obama became the fourth president in a row to order military action in that graveyard of American ambition.
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From the Center
For Obama, Iraq Move Is a Policy Reversal
Wall Street Journal (News)
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President Was Early Opponent of Iraq War and Made a Campaign Pledge to End It
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From the Right
F/A-18 jets dropped 500-pund laser guided bombs on ISIL
Washington Times
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U.S. fighter jets have begun pounding artillery held by the al Qaeda-inspired militants in northern Iraq with laser guided bombs, a senior Defense Department official said Friday.
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