U.S. President Barack Obama departs after chairing a meeting of the United Nations. Security Council at the 69th U.N. General Assembly in New York, September 24, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Brendan McDermid

Islamic State Drags Obama Back Into Mideast Quagmire -- Samia Nakhoul, Reuters

(Reuters) - American-led and Arab-backed air strikes carrying the fight against Islamic State from Iraq into Syria have dragged Washington into a new Middle East war - exactly the kind of conflict Barack Obama spent his presidency trying to avoid.

No one doubts this dramatic escalation presages a long conflict that could spill into neighboring states and that U.S. air power alone cannot win.

Analysts who have watched Islamic State take parts of Syria and seize territory in Iraq believe it may be possible to contain the group but it will hard to dislodge it.

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My Comment: No debate in Congress . No vote on authorizing to get involved in another war. No public debate from the media/pundits/academics/etc. on getting involved in another Middle Eastern war. No demonstrations from the anti-war movement. Nothing. Just an escalating mission creep into a sectarian conflict that has been ongoing since the birth of Islam.