ANDREW MOSEMAN: Why Tesla’s SUV Will Crush The Competition.

I THINK IT’S ALREADY DONE THAT, HASN’T IT? Ebola on Track to Infect More People Than Previous Outbreaks.

SARAH HOYT: Bullies, Knights, Savages, and Komissars.

TAXPROF: The IRS Scandal, Day 457.

YOU SPELLED “UTTERLY DESTROYED AND HUMILIATED” WRONG: USA Today Editorial: ISIS must be defeated.

Meanwhile, Elizabeth Warren is predictable: “I believe that any solution in Iraq is going to be a negotiated solution, not a military solution.” Yeah, I kind of doubt that, Liz, unless you mean “negotiated after a painful defeat.”

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DECLARES INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY OVER EBOLA. “The outbreak is moving faster than we can control it.”

Related: Nigerian President Declares National Emergency: Government Outlines Measures to Control, Contain Spread of Ebola.

KURDISH INDEPENDENCE: ONE DAY, BUT NOT NOW. “This is not the right moment for independence. There are two main reasons. First, as the IS onslaught demonstrates, the threat from this insurgency is real and encompasses not just Iraq but also Syria. IS has proven itself to be cunning and quite adept at tactics, if not strategy. Defeating it will take time, resources and a commitment to fighting. For a population that has not known much else but violence and uncertainty, this is a tough choice. The Kurdish peshmerga forces may have experience, but they are woefully underfunded and underequipped. Most importantly, they over-extended, having sent their forces to areas abandoned by the Iraqi army. It is telling that some of the accounts of the fighting between IS and the Kurds mention that the Kurdish forces ran out of ammunition.”

Maybe if they’d convinced Obama that they were Syrian “moderates,” or maybe Mexican drug lords, they’d be better armed.

SO IS OBAMA’S NEW POLICY JUST FOR SHOW? Islamic militants advance despite 2 rounds of US airstrikes.

As someone — oh, wait, it was me! — said about Obama in Libya: “Waging war halfheartedly, on the cheap, and by committee is not a formula for success.”

Related: Obama: “Today, America Is Helping.”

SOMEONE WILL PROBABLY CALL HER RACIST OR SOMETHING: London nun tears down ISIL flag from building. “A reporter for The Guardian was confronted by ‘around 20 Asian youths’ when he tried to take photos of the flag. When the reporter asked if it was a in fact an ISIL flag, one man responded, ‘It is just the flag of Allah,’ while another said, ‘so what if it is?'”

How long until the deportations start? Because I think the failure of multiculturalism in Europe is likely to generate a lot of pushback.

UPDATE: From the comments: “A nun is the best man in London? Cromwell must be spinning!”

MARK TAPSCOTT: Is it time to view the Obama administration as a criminal enterprise?

See a tree with 20 apples hanging on it and reasonable people conclude it’s an apple tree. So is it a criminal conspiracy when 20 government employees illegally destroy important official emails?

If that seems like an extreme question, consider the steadily accumulating evidence about the Obama administration’s modus operandi with potentially incriminating documents subpoenaed by Congress: A scandal erupts. Congressional hearings are held. Documents are requested and withheld. Subpoenas are issued. Contempt charges threatened. A few documents dribble out.

Then come the admissions that, oh by the way, emails required by multiple federal laws to be preserved have either been destroyed or “lost.”

Yeah, heads should be rolling for this.

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FLASHBACK: Obama Says ‘We’re Leaving Behind A Sovereign, Stable And Self-Reliant Iraq.’

FIGHT THEM OVER THERE, OR FIGHT THEM OVER HERE? Roll Call: Feinstein Warns of Risk of ISIL Attack on America, Says Must Be Confronted.

Senate Intelligence Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein warned Friday of the risk that the insurgent group ISIL could be preparing fighters to attack American and European targets.

“It has become clear that ISIL is recruiting fighters in Western countries, training them to fight its battles in the Middle East and possibly returning them to European and American cities to attack us in our backyard,” the California Democrat said in a statement backing military action authorized by President Barack Obama. “We simply cannot allow this to happen.”

Feinstein called for a broader military campaign against ISIL, not just the targeted missions authorized by the president.

Hmm.

ROGER KIMBALL: Why Muslims Are Singled Out for Special Scrutiny.

Related: Australia: We’ll fight radical Islam for 100 years, says ex-army head Peter Leahy.

NONSENSE, IT’S JUST SOME “TARGETED” AIR STRIKES AND MAYBE A FEW ADVISORS: Left frets over Iraq mission creep.

The president’s expansion of the U.S. military mission in Iraq is conjuring up two dirty little words for anti-war Democrats: Mission creep.

Just two months ago, when Obama announced he was going to send up to 300 American troops to Iraq, he emphasized that they would only have an advisory, non-combat role.

On Friday, however, U.S. fighters bombed terrorist targets in northern Iraq. Hours before, the president has announced he was authorizing such strikes as well as the airdropping of aid to Iraqi refugees stranded on a mountaintop.

The White House has stressed that the two missions — the airstrikes and the airdrop — are narrow and discrete. But neither has an end-date, prompting concern from some Democrats and liberal anti-war groups.

“I oppose open-ended military commitments, which the president’s actions in Iraq could become,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

“I am deeply concerned that these actions could lead to prolonged direct military involvement, which I would strongly oppose,” he added.

Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), another senior Democrat on the committee, said he supported the president’s actions, but “as one of only 23 senators who opposed the war in Iraq, I do not believe this should be an extended campaign involving US ground troops.”

Reed is running for reelection this fall.

And Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), the House’s most strident anti-war voice, said, “I support strictly humanitarian efforts to prevent genocide in Iraq.”

But, she added, “while the president has existing authority to protect American diplomatic personnel, I remain concerned about U.S. mission creep in Iraq and escalation into a larger conflict, which I oppose.”

Although administration officials are insisting that the missions would be limited, and there would be no boots on the ground, one senior administration official acknowledged Friday that strikes could extend outside of northern Iraq.

Related: Feinstein: ‘It takes an army to defeat an army.’ You know, we used to have an army in Iraq. And if we still did, it would still be stable.

J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS: Federal Court Smacks Down Eric Holder’s Attack on NC Voter ID.

WELL, THAT’S THE FRUIT OF 5 YEARS OF SABOTAGE AND NEGLECT: Joe Pappalardo: We Have 3 Options in Iraq—And They’re All Bad Ones. “What can the United States do now that our troops are gone from Iraq and the nation is falling apart? Not a whole hell of a lot.”

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Gallup: High Student Debt Results in 60% Worse Financial Condition. “The Gallup polling organization found that Americans who graduated from college between 1990 and 2014 and are saddled with $50,000 or more in student debt suffer 60% worse financial well-being and 38% worse physical well-being than their peers who graduated with no debt.”

INCONSIDERATE AND DISORGANIZED: WaPo: In 2014, Obama has been late by more than 35 hours.

IF I WERE A RICH GUY, OR THE POPE, I’D BE HIRING SOME RETIRED SPECIAL FORCES FOLKS TO DO SOME TRAINING: Christians told to ‘fight back brutally’ against jihadists. “Christians under attack by Muslim terrorists in Nigeria are being warned to defend themselves, because the government won’t do it.”

IT TAKES A VILLAGE: Man Spites Obnoxious Child By Buying Every Pie At Burger King.

YEAH, THIS SUCKS, EVEN FOR FACEBOOK: Facebook Crosses The Line With New Facebook Messenger App.

THIS ISN’T GOOD: Four New Cases of Ebola In Nigeria Are Related To Infected American Who Died There. It would be worse if they weren’t. If Ebola gets loose in Lagos, it’ll be ghastly. Even if not all that many people die from that, if it sparks a major panic many more will die from the breakdown of services, which aren’t especially great even in normal times. I have family there and, as you might imagine, they’re quite concerned.

UPDATE: Disturbing thoughts from Richard Fernandez. “Perhaps Ebola will stay in Africa. But one shouldn’t count on it. Readers will recall reports Libyan hospital systems are collapsing as expatriate health workers, who make up 80% of medical personnel, evacuate. The hospital systems in Syria and Iraq are probably highly degraded by now. Two days ago, a Saudi businessman died after returning from West Africa, after exhibiting Ebola-like symptoms, but the diagnosis has not been confirmed. The wars of the region have created an extraordinary fertile ground for epidemic. If Ebola should get to Mecca then we will rediscover the truism that no man is an island, especially not in our globalized world.”

FIGHT THE POWER: Breastfeeding In Public Should No Longer Be A Taboo For Mothers Who Are Conventionally Attractive. “Olivia’s photoshoot shows that breastfeeding is a cause to be celebrated for the types of people who have facial symmetry and slim waistlines. This should inspire all women, whether they’re a glamorous Hollywood actress or a gorgeous suburban mom, to shirk society’s ‘rules’ and do what’s necessary to care for their children. Women are already under societal pressure to look good when they go out in public, and breastfeeding in public should be no different.”