Things Are Going From Bad to Worse in Syria—And Iraq.

The worst thing that happened is that PISSI (the Pseudo-Islamic State in Syria and Iraq) conquered and massacred a Sunni tribe in Iraq that did not yield to PISSI.

The US and the Iraqi government and militias did not do what was necessary to defend that tribe. This has big consequences: other Iraqi Sunnis who resent PISSI will feel they have no choice but to support it.