The Wire

Over sixty percent of Australians favor the government’s recent actions in Iraq, a Newspoll poll has found. In recent weeks, the RAAF has been dropping shipments of food, water, weapons and ammunition for those fighting Islamic State militants. This may not be the end. US President Barack Obama is set to release a new “game plan” for Iraq and Syria later this week, and is negotiating for Australia to provide even more air power, as well as some “military advisers”. But experts are questioning these moves. Saying military intervention may be precisely what ISIS wants, and the real answer is diplomacy.