The two 'brains' insisted this was true and went out of their way to minimize Nouri's actions and --
Wait a second.
The Islamic State are seen as a terrorist group.
Niceties really aren't an issue for them, right?
But a prime minister?
He or she is not supposed to attack the civilians of the country, right?
Part of being the leader of the country is protecting the citizens -- protecting, not attacking.
It's a point lost on the foolish like Joel Wing.

Joel Wing has a long, long history of minimizing and outright ignoring the crimes of thug Nouri but this was a new pose even for Joel -- insisting that the crimes against civilians carried out by a leader of a country could be given 'context' if compared to the crimes carried out against the same people by a terrorist government.
Context -- a term Joel Wing's never grasped.