Ousted Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al - Obeidi , seen arriving at an air base in Tikrit , is out of a job this morning . ( Hadi Mizban / AP ) -- Iraq ’s parliament voted to sack personnel.endposition.na its defense minister amid accusations of corruption . The move follows the resignation of the interior minister last month after that horrible bomb attack in Baghdad . This means the government ’s two most important security posts are empty ahead of a planned offensive in Mosul , their biggest fight yet against ISIS militants .

“ In the past six years , I am not aware of a single international field staff member being fired , or even sanctioned , for poor performance . “ It appeared to be a reference to the UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan ’s war - torn Darfur region . Reuters reported in December 2014 on how Russia blocked a request by the United States , Britain and France for the UN to sack personnel.endposition.firinglayoff the Russian chief - of - staff of the UN - African Union peacekeeping mission . Aicha Elbasri , a former spokeswoman for the mission , said at the time that the Russian diplomat was responsible for withholding information from UN headquarters and the security council about Sudanese government attacks on civilians and peacekeepers in Darfur . Banbury said one of the worst examples of the UN ’s failures was in Central African Republic , where international peacekeepers , including troops wearing UN blue helmets , have been accused of sexual abuse and rape .

Ousted Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al - Obeidi , seen arriving at an air base in Tikrit , is out of a job this morning . ( Hadi Mizban / AP ) -- Iraq ’s parliament voted to sack personnel.endposition.firinglayoff its defense minister amid accusations of corruption . The move follows the resignation of the interior minister last month after that horrible bomb attack in Baghdad . This means the government ’s two most important security posts are empty ahead of a planned offensive in Mosul , their biggest fight yet against ISIS militants .

America ’s leviathan , blood - sucking , warmongering military needs to be sacked . The crass views of military top brass like General Breedlove show that this outsized excrescence is not only leading America to defeat ; it is , ironically , the biggest threat to American and world security . If Americans do embark on a political revolution , as Bernie Sanders implores , they need to not only sack personnel.endposition.firinglayoff the big banks . They need to sack the big tanks and all the other elements of the freeloading military gravy train that is destroying the country .