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Between Iraq and a hard place
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In the past few weeks, conditions on the ground in Iraq have gone from bad to worse. The Sunni militant group known as ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) entered Iraq from Syria and began its rampage through northern Iraq. It quickly captured cities and towns, capitalized on the spoils of war, and swelled its ranks of fighters along the way.What happened to the Iraqi army we thought we had trained, equipped, and supplied to protect Iraq after we left?