Obama [US Ruling Class] responds to Iraq debacle with military escalation

Click here to access article by Patrick Martin from World Socialist Web Site.

The one consistent element in US foreign policy is ruthless plunder in the interests of the American ruling class, combined with a total lack of accountability. No one has been held responsible in the White House, which has directed one war after another; the military brass, which has carried the wars out; Congress, which has sanctioned them; or the media, which has promoted them.