The willingness to believe crazy conspiracy theories is not confined to Idaho, or Texas, or even the Trump campaign. The
Post reports that there's a big new one in Iraq. Liz Sly says that many Iraqis, Sunni and Shia, believe that the United States is working with and aiding Islamic State fighters.
On the front lines of the battle against the Islamic State, suspicion
of the United States runs deep. Iraqi fighters say they have all seen
the videos purportedly showing U.S. helicopters airdropping weapons to
the militants, and many claim they have friends and relatives who have
witnessed similar instances of collusion.
Ordinary people also
have seen the videos, heard the stories and reached the same conclusion —
one that might seem absurd to Americans but is widely believed among
Iraqis — that the United States is supporting the Islamic State for a
variety of pernicious reasons that have to do with asserting U.S.
control over Iraq, the wider Middle East and, perhaps, its oil.
And by the way, even the Iraqi government, weak as it is, opposes the sending of a large force of U.S. troops to help them.
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