Thursday, May 28, 2015

Reading Standard

Standard :
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.

Iranian -backed troops lead fight in Tikrit 

Pros 
-Iran's involvement is seen as a positive thing
-strategic campaign to build an arc of Iranian dominance from Baghdad to Damascus to Beirut
- The U.S. could have routed ISIS by now and protected Iraqis from Iran's grasping tentacles.

Cons 
-Iran's rising influence in the military offensive
-Two-Thirds of the Iraqi forces are Shiite militias trained by Iran
- "Iran's involvement is seen as a "positive thing" for NOW"
-"we all are very concerned about what happens after the drums stop beating and ISIS is defeated"
-Iran is making Iraq "a de facto shiite satellite of Tehran"

Stance 
Iraq should not trust Iran with their intention of helping them fight ISIS because it seems that they are slowly taking full control of the situation and if Iran allows this Iran can easily take control.

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