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Iraq Turns On America: “Iraqi People Have Started To Feel That The US Isn't Serious About Fighting ISIS"
If you frequent these pages, you’re well aware of why the US decided to release helmet cam footage of a raid on an ISIS prison in the northern Iraqi town of Huwija.
Put simply, Baghdad has had just about enough of Washington’s “strategy” for fighting terror in the country and when PM Haider al-Abadi said he would welcome Russian airstrikes, the US panicked. Rather than try to recount the story by paraphrasing ourselves, we’ll simply include our most succinct summary of what exactly is going on in Iraq, originally published here:
Perhaps the most astounding thing about recent events in the Mid-East is the extent to which outcomes that seem far-fetched one week become reality the next.
This dynamic began back in June when Iran’s most powerful general vowed to “surprise the world” with his next move in Syria. Just weeks later, he was in Moscow (in violation of a UN travel ban) hatching a plan with Putin to launch an all-out invasion on behalf of Assad on the way to forcibly enacting a dramatic shift in the Mid-East balance of power. Before the West had a chance to react, Moscow was establishing an air base at Latakia.
As all of this unfolded we began to suggest that it would be only a matter of time before Russian airstrikes began in Iraq.
The setup, we contended, was just too perfect. Iran controls both the military and politics in the country and so, we speculated that The Kremlin would get a warm welcome if Putin decided to launch an air campaign against ISIS targets across Syria’s eastern border.
Sure enough, Baghdad moved to establish an intelligence cell with Russia, Syria, and Iran in September and when PM Haider al-Abadi said he would welcome Russian airstrikes, it was clear that the US was about to be booted out of the country it “liberated” more than a decade ago.
Subsequently, Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joe Dunford traveled to Baghdad and gave Abadi an ultimatum: "...it’s either us or the Russians."
Well, despite Dunford’s contention that Abadi promised not to enlist Moscow’s help, just days later Iraq gave Moscow the green light to strike ISIS convoys fleeing Syria.
A desperate Washington then attempted to prove that the US could still be effective at fighting terrorism by sending 30 Delta Force soldiers into battle with the Peshmerga on a prison raid mission in the Northern Iraqi town of Huwija. Conveniently, one American soldier apparently had a GoPro strapped to his helmet and the footage was almost immediately leaked to Western media.
Washington apparently assumed that the successful raid would be enough to restore the faith because the Pentagon immediately began to formulate a "plan" to send Apache gunships and their crews to Baghdad. In what has to be considered one of the more embarrassing moments in a string of setbacks for America's Mid-East "strategy," Baghdad flat out told the US "thanks, but no thanks":
"This is an Iraqi affair and the government did not ask the U.S. Department of Defense to be involved in direct operations," spokesman Sa'ad al-Hadithi told NBC News. "We have enough soldiers on the ground."
The White House kind of brushed that off and moved on to talking about spec ops in Syria, but the implication is that if the US plans on getting more heavily involved in combat operations in Iraq, Washington will have to do so through Erbil, not through Baghdad.
This all comes on the heels of a push by Iraqi forces and Iran-backed militias to retake a key oil refinery at Baiji from Islamic State. That battle underscored the extent to which Tehran essentially controls the Iraqi army (not to mention Iraqi politics). Consider the following brief excert from The NY Times:
"A spokesman for Shiite militias said that several thousand Shiite militiamen were fighting in and near Baiji, which is more than the estimated number of Iraqi soldiers also fighting there."
As regular readers know, this is no conspiracy theory. It's common knowledge among those who study the region that Iran's militias are more powerful than the Iraqi regulars and the Quds Force essentially controls the political process in Baghdad. You can read more about this here, here, and here.
This creates a rather tenuous situation for Washington. The US must maintain a kind of loose alliance with the Shiite militias in Iraq lest the Pentagon should be forced to explain to the public why America doesn't support groups that are very effectively fighting ISIS. But there are two problems with that: i) it's not entirely clear that the US wants to rid Iraq and Syria of ISIS and you can bet the IRGC is whispering that in the ears of every Shiite politician in Baghdad, and ii) these very same Shiite militias are fighting the Assad regime at Aleppo where the US is supplying anti-tank weapons to Sunni extremists.
Well, just as the Western public is beginning to realize that something rather fishy is going on in Syria, Iraqis are throwing in the towel on the US "effort" to rid the country of Islamic State fighters. Here's WSJ with more on how the locals feel in the wake of the assault on the Baiji refinery:
A big victory over Islamic State here provided fresh ammunition for the many Iraqi Shiites who prefer Iran as a battlefield partner over the U.S., despite indications that Washington could soon intensify its battle against the extremist militants.
Shiite militias and politicians backed by Iran have claimed much of the credit for the Iraqi recapture a little over a week ago of the city and oil refinery of Beiji, about 130 miles north of Baghdad. Militia fighters danced and posed for pictures on tanks and armored cars near the bombed-out shell of the massive refinery there, Iraq’s largest.
Powerful Iraqi politicians and militia leaders have cited the yearlong operation to retake the city as evidence that Iraqis can combat Islamic State alone—or with help only of the Iran-backed militias. Some are now lobbying Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to rely less on the U.S.-led coalition battling Islamic State and more on the PMF.
“Iraqi people in general, not only us, have started to feel that the Americans are not serious at all about the fight against Islamic State,” said Moeen Al- Kadhimi, a spokesman for the Iran-backed Badr Corps militia. “Every victory that the PMF does without the help of the Americans is a big embarrassment for the Americans.”
For those who might have missed it, here are images from the fight which depict Iran's proxy armies on the scene at Baiji:
Of course rather than simply take the high road and consent that regardless of who was ultimately responsible for taking back the refinery, it was a step in the right direction, Washington has decided to deride Iran's militias for absolutely no reason at all. Back to WSJ:
U.S. officers say the Iran-backed proxy militias known as Popular Mobilization Forces, or PMF, played only a supporting role. The bulk of the fighting was by Iraqi federal police and elite counterterrorism units trained by the U.S., the American officers said.
“It’s easy to say after the fact that ‘we did this,’ ” said Maj. Michael Filanowski, an officer for the Combined Joint Task Force, which organizes operations of the U.S.-led coalition. “But if you look at the sequence of events, it was Iraqi security forces that did the assault operations.”
He called the militias a “hold force,” meaning they secured the territory after it fell to the Iraqi forces.
So let's just be clear. Either, i) the US is so petty that the Pentagon is willing to argue over who played a larger role in retaking Iraq's largest oil refinery from ISIS, or ii) Washington is actually angry that ISIS was defeated and is thus lashing out at Tehran.
Whatever the case, it's too late. The game is up for the US in Iraq:
On Monday, Ali Adeeb, head of the State of Law bloc that controls the ruling coalition in parliament, called on Iraq’s government to prevent the U.S. from launching further ground operations like the prison raid.
Meanwhile, pro-Iranian Iraqi politicians are pointing to a grinding U.S.-led effort to retake Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province about 65 miles west of the capital, as evidence the U.S. isn’t doing enough to defeat Islamic State.
For some Shiite politicians, Ramadi and Beiji epitomize the diverging fortunes of U.S. and Iran in Iraq.
“The two operations in those two cities represent the competition between the U.S.-led coalition and the newly formed alliance among Russia, Iran and Iraq,” said Hakim al-Zamili, a prominent Shiite politician and head of the security and defense committee in parliament.
The battlefield succic State, said Patrick Martin, an Iraq analyst at the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War.
[Reports"] in Beiji will also make it harder for the prime minister to refuse entreaties for more support from Russia in the fight against Islam
“Russia and Iran have very similar objectives in that they both want to eject U.S. influence from Iraq,” said Mr. Martin. “Any success that the militias have bolsters that goal.”
There are two critical takeaways here. First (and we've said this repeatedly) these are the very same Shiite militias battling US-backed Sunni fighters in Syria. Second, this is but another example of Washington siding with Sunni extremists over Tehran. This is a replay of what happened in the wake of 9/11 when Iran sought to help the US target the Taliban and al-Qaeda only to see The White House place Tehran in its "Axis Of Evil." Here again, we have Sunni militants terrorizing both Syria and Iraq and instead of working with the Iranians to oust those extremists, Washington is busy downplaying their successes and supporting the proxy armies of Saudi Arabia and Qatar even as those proxy armies behead Westerners and burn Jordanian pilots alive.
This is a travesty and an absolute farce.
The US is on the wrong side of history here and it's too late to correct it.
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“Iraqi People Have Started To Feel That The US Isn't Serious About Fighting ISIS"
That's far too diplomatic for the US. They won't understand. They need something short and simple like 'Fuck u US' or 'Go Home Yankee'
Typo:
"these very same Shiite militias are fighting the Assad regime at Aleppo where the US is supplying anti-tank weapons to Sunni extremists"
should read
"these very same Shiite militias are fighting WITH the Assad regime at Aleppo where the US is supplying anti-tank weapons to Sunni extremists"
Yer, a bit odd that
The US did not want to destroy ISIS. The US wants to use ISIS to de-stabilize Assad in Syria but still do just enough damage around its "edges to keep it contained. That's the balancing act the US was trying to do in secrecy. Russia's intervention in Syria blew the lid off this and also revealed the US is actively cooperating with Al Qaeda in Syria, masquerading as so called "moderate" rebels to try to oust Assad. Moderate rebels don't behead prisoners. Assad is a thug but Al Qaeda and ISIS are worse. Good on Russia for blowing the snot out of Al Aqeda and ISIS. Shame on the US for teaming up with Al Qaeda... Amazing... how many died in the 9/11 attack. I wonder how the families of those thousands that perished in the twin world trade towers would feel about the US supporting Al Qaeda now. US has lost it's path. It needs to regain it soon.
Pathetic third world fucks. Any civilized group of men who had a group of people stealing, raping, and cutting off people’s heads in their country would form an army and kill every one of the bastards.
Oh I forgot they were trained by Langley.
This is exactly why it is beyond dumb fuck to fight for someone else. Let the bastards figure it out.
Let the Russians deal with the pathetic thugs.
they used to have an army.
Paul Bremer et al disbanded it...*hoping* for the chaos and disintegration that followed, per the Oded Yinon/ PNAC line of plans.
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"White Man's Burden
The war in Iraq was conceived by 25 neoconservative intellectuals, most of them Jewish, who are pushing President Bush to change the course of history. Two of them, journalists William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer, say it's possible. But another journalist, Thomas Friedman (not part of the group), is skeptical "
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/white-man-s-burden-1.14110
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Jewish At The Root: Iraq’s Destruction, Hell Weapons, Hatred, Networking And The Interconnectedness Of It All
http://www.maskofzion.com/2012/04/jewish-at-root-iraqs-destruction-hell....
What? You mean all that CIA army training failed? Hard to believe.
US gets serious about war in Iraq: "Get out! Your occupiers! INVADERS!"
US tones down war in Iraq: "You're not serious about our relationship and never really loved us."
I say let 'em have Russia for a few years and then Russia will get to have the fun have being the liberator one day and the occupier the next, both in Iraq and in Russia.
That is either very ill informed of you or by you...
All Russia has to do is provide arms. Iran and Hez will provide manpower should the militias come up short. No invasion to liberate. No occupation. No leaving. No losing. All the same, they will fawn over Putin, peace be upon him, as a hero for helping defeat evil incarnate.
Still, this has all be predicted in one fashion or another. Brilliance by Putin or just part of the plan (whether he is aware or not).
Obama will not finish his second term! Current Events Linked to Ancient Biblical Prophecy...
http://motivationdose.com/is-america-babylon/
Exactly what has the US gained after nearly a decade in Iraq and spending over $ 500 Billion ? Who made the decisions and who is accountable for loss in treasure and hundreds of thousands in lives ? While there are many new millionaires in Iraq, our overall debt has skyrocketted with Bankers and Defense contractors doing well. You are correct----US has lost it's path and we must now pay the price both financially and morally, as well as loss in world leadership. It is happening as we witness the news everyday. The financial collapse is not too far off regardless of media and Wall St hype, with the Fed relentesly printing a reserve currency beginning to crumble accompanied by wealth destruction.
$500 Billion? Move the decimal.
The right to declare a war anywhere they want.
Countries need to be kept scared if you want to maintain the power to issue unlimited money and have other people accept it as valuable.
Just out of curiosity, why do you say 'Assad is a thug'? Is it because he helped the US during their extraordinary rendition program?
Not the U.S. Just Obama and his fellow traitors.
Congress is too caught up in their own corruption to do the right thing and remove him.
Be careful in blaming the left's messiah because they have built an immense complex over this guy.
McCain, Ryan, Boehner and the rest of the RINO-NeoCons are the same as Obola because they have the same dual shit-i-zen bosses like Soros, Adelson, Murdochi, Braman, Zuckerberg and the rest.
Exactly. Washington's entire strategy was to keep the Middle East in a perpetual state of chaos so that no new power could emerge and dominate as Saddam's Iraq did. The whole strategy was predicated on Uncle Sam being the only big power in the sandbox. The Russians have kicked the legs out from under the entire game plan. Washington now needs to decide between surrendering Iraq to Iranian and Russian influence or confronting resurgent Russia directly, risking global superpower conflict.
“Iraqi People Have Started To Feel That The US Isn't Serious About Fighting ISIS"
Seriously Tylers? Unlike the American sheeple, the Iraqi people have known for a while that ISIS is created and maintained by the US. Its not like they have woken up recently to that fact.
Are you talking about al-Queda or al-CIA-duh? Because they are either:
a) one and the same
or
b) the former had nothing to do with the 9-11 attacks
You kinda sound like you still believe Al CIAduh always was and still is the enemy rather than a series of covert operations.
Yeah something like "THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING" might do the trick
Obama is sympatico with islamism. He tried to have the Muslim Brotherhood own Egypt and he's feigning opposition to ISIS.
TBT or not, obola is a zionist puppet. owned, he sold whatsoever he sported as a soul. he supports, created waswas (on orders), not to target zioreal but its enemies. if you believe he's sympatico to islam, i hope you also recognize that he's as dedicated to islam (exhibting the same heartfelt loyalty) as he serves his country, americans & all those whom fail to put zioreal first.
How about "Don't mess with our oil". "Keep your Starbucks and McDonalds". "We don't care for your brand of Democracy", "CIA out", or like the Iranians so eloquantly said back in '79, "Fuck the USA". Geez how did those wacky Iranian students figure that out so long ago. Still has a ring to it after all these years.
Even foreigners are finally cathcing on to Captain Sparklefarts total lack of interest. If Putin hadn't spanked our frash young Napoleon, he might have seen something shiny and just wandered off.
FORWARD YOUNG PATTON!
The Iraquis need some older US war protestors to go there and make up signs saying "Yankee Go Home," and have lots of marches and sit-ins. US Serfs will immediately recognize this tactic, as we used it to get out of Viet Nam, a war we were too chicken to win. Then public pressure will grow to GET OUT of Iraq.
W and his henchmen are War Criminals, anyways, and suckered tons of US Serfs into another stupid military adventure.
Look up the "Black Bush" episode by Dave Chappelle on you tube. It lays it all out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z9Hvo7p8Dw
Never seen anyone that claim Vietnam would have been won explain
how that would work?
Kill more and occupy forever I guess as Japan, Germony, etc.
cos won Iraq, Afghan so much...
What a mind boggling cluster fuck. I got a headache after reading the 1st paragraph -
Yankee stay home.
It is almost as if the USA is run by a complete moron.
Or by a congress owned by another country all together...
a country that sees the USA as a big stupid thug it can go around attacking its enemies with....
while running its media, banking and political arms right under everyones noses.
Let's be clear here. It's the Senate that's pwned by the front-42 club. The House is full of retarded numbnuts. Keep the shit straight.
"Mission accomplished!"
No, it"s not almost so.
Not just one moron. A group of them.
"Almost?"
He's not a moron at all...he is a progressive...and he's good at it.
if progressivism ruins everything it touches, maybe THAT is the scurge....but obama's not stupid.
Depends on what you mean by "stupid". Stupid is as stupid does.
If?
Almost?
The US is on the wrong side of history here and it's too late to correct it.
Never too late for the US military to overthrow the scum running the gov and prosecuting all of em for treason and supporting terrorists
nooooooo
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/12/us-caught-faking-it-in-syria/
http://www.thesleuthjournal.com/syria-another-zionist-war-for-suckers-vi...
http://www.thenation.com/article/men-jinsa-and-csp/
..oh dooooo go on... tinfoilraqis!
U.S. Stopped Syria Air Strikes While Nusra And IS Prepared Attack On Government Supply Route
During the last days a large attack on the Syrian government supply line to Aleppo city was carried out by Jabhat al-Nusra (aka al-Qaeda in Syria) and the Islamic State seemingly in coordination with the U.S. military.
During September the U.S. anti-IS coalition carried out an average of 4.2 airstrikes on IS in predominately east Syria. This after an average of 6.8 per day in August. The rate in October was about the same as in September until Thursday October 22. Then, according to the U.S. Military Times, the strike rate decreased markedly:
~4 strikes per day up to Oct 20
4 - Oct 20 Tuesday
8 - Oct 21 Wednesday
1 - Oct 22 Thursday
0 - Oct 23 Friday
0 - Oct 24 Saturday
0 - Oct 26 Sunday
1 - Oct 27 Monday
0 - Oct 28 Tuesday
0 - Oct 29 Wednesday
The Islamic State used the lull in airstrikes in east Syria to move hundreds of fighters and heavy equipment towards the supply line that connects Damascus with the government held areas (green) of Aleppo.
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2015/10/us-stopped-syria-air-strikes-while-...
“Greater Israel”: The Zionist Plan for the Middle East
The Infamous "Oded Yinon Plan". Introduction by Michel Chossudovsky
http://www.globalresearch.ca/greater-israel-the-zionist-plan-for-the-mid...
“The Unfolding of Yinon’s ‘Zionist Plan for the Middle East’: The Crisis in Iraq and the Centrality of the National Interest of Israel,” illustrates how the ethno-sectarian fragmentation and internecine warfare between Shiites and Sunnis is in line with the Yinon plan to enhance Israel’s security and was ignited by the neocon-inspired US invasion of Iraq in 2003. Netanyahu and the neocons currently view Iran as a greater threat in the Middle East than ISIS, and while they advocate US military intervention, they emphasize that such intervention should not empower Iran, notes Stephen Sniegoski.
http://mycatbirdseat.com/2014/07/the-unfolding-of-yinons-zionist-plan-fo...
I mean, there is ZERO reason to believe that the US was not trying their very best!
fucking ingrates man! WE GAVE YOU FUCKS FREEDOM!
Saw the head of the CFR and the Deputy secretary of state on CNN-Fareed today. Very sanguine holier than thou platitudes that the Iraqi's have to show a willingness to defend their country from radical islam. Filmed in the stately studios with all the old books in the background with the softening video and voice filters. Very PhD quality stuff.
Without a PhD, I am pretty sure that Iraq was able to defend itself from radical Islam before the USA 1) invaded the country based on bogus "intelligence" 2) Destroyed institutions in a country with 2000 year old culture. 3) Replaced them with pure corruption based incentives that typically only attracts corrupt people (like the officers who orderd surrender to ISIS over a year ago)
'muricah!
But what of our $4 billion protected "club house" and all the little "piggies" inside?...
And if anyone is interested they still have money for "new hires"! I'm sorry... They are calling them "vacancies"!!!
But how do they fell about homos getting married? That's the key question and what about trannys? USA exceptional(ly gay)
Lindsay Graham's gettin' hitched?
such a bottom.
How insensitive you are. Homos and trannies need their own State. I suggest madagascar.
Send Al Sharpton to negotiate.
Al Sharpton? You mean FBI informant # 7, the guy who went to great lengths to rat out his black brothers.
Send Dickie Cheney to Baghdad - he'll be welcomed as a hero and men, women and children will be trampling themselves in a mad rush to kiss Dickies feet or ass....You did a helluva job Dickie!...
Every one will want a piece of dick to call their own.
Frequently, this is the point in the game where the loser knocks over the chess board.
america is about as serious about fighting I$I$ as they are about going on a diet
it is, all politics aside, absolutely nauseating, the suffering visited upon the people of Iraq because, mostly, of US actions - actions which had fuckall to do with American national security.
And it was all absolutely predictable, just as the situation in Libya and Syria.
Oh - and Ukraine, which is apparently not worth news coverage across the MSM. All of a sudden - just 'poof'. Which probably means some evil shit is going on.
Well, I hope you don't subscribe to any "canards" about the American media....
http://tinyurl.com/pgp9su4
or the Ukrainian media...
http://tinyurl.com/nqzkxc6
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"The Searing Racism that is a Racist Thought Crime to Expose According to the Orwellian Doublethink of the ADL, Wiesenthal Center etc.
"..there are some powerful ironies in Habad's new messianic universalism, in its mission to the gentiles; and surely the most unpleasant of them concerns Habad's otherwise undisguised and even racial contempt for the 'goyim.'
"...medieval Jewish theologians--most notably the poet and philosopher Judah Ha-Levi in twelfth-century Spain and the mystic Judah Loewe in sixteenth-century Prague--sought to define the Jewish distinction racially rather than spiritually...this...view, according to which there is something innately superior about the Jews, was rehabilitated in its most extreme form by Shneur Zalman of Lyady. The founder of Lubavitcher Hasidism taught that there is a difference of essence between the souls of Jews and the souls of gentiles, that only in the Jewish soul does there reside a spark of divine vitality. As for the goyim... Zalman's attitude (was): 'Gentile souls are of a completely different and inferior order. They are totally evil, with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
"Consequently, references to gentiles in Rabbi Shneur Zalman's teachings are invariably invidious. Their (non-Jews') material abundance derives from supernal refuse. Indeed, they themselves derive from refuse, which is why they are more numerous than the Jews, as the pieces of chaff outnumber the kernels. . . . All Jews were innately good, all gentiles innately evil.
"...Moreover, this characterization of gentiles as being inherently evil, as being spiritually as well as biologically inferior to Jews, has not in any way been revised in later Chabad writing."
The New Republic, May 4, 1992
Editor's note: The organization today that teaches and distributes Zalman's writings is Chabad ("Habad") a.k.a. the "Lubavitch" orthodox Zionists. They declared their late chief rabbi, Menachem Schneerson, the messiah. Schneerson's birthday has been proclaimed "Education Day U.S.A." by Pres. Ronald Reagan. Schneerson was the chief exponent of the beliefs of Shneur Zalman of Lyady.
While documentation of the strain of hate-mongering in Judaism occasionally appears in the mass media , as above, it is almost always fleeting; seldom repeated or emphasized. Only the opponents of Zionism bear the contumely in any sustained or institutionalized form; hence the canard of Pharisaic blamelessness and non-Pharisaic perpetual guilt and criminality.
In truth, there are saints and sinners, haters and lovers among all sects, races and nations, including the self-Chosen. "
http://www.revisionisthistory.org/khazarracism.html
How many Iraqis are there? Are they serious about fighting ISIS if they feel the US isnt? Whats holding them back from doing it themselves? No balls?
ISIS has CIA funding, training, and arms with US air support. Iraq does not.
"So let's just be clear. Either, i) the US is so petty that the Pentagon is willing to argue over who played a larger role in retaking Iraq's largest oil refinery from ISIS, or ii) Washington is actually angry that ISIS was defeated and is thus lashing out at Tehran."
Isn't this what the U.S. did to the Russians in WWII?... Taking credit where credit was never deserved!
"Same shit different day". Made in the U.S. of A.!
Iraqis seem totally unappreciative of the US bombing the fuck out of their country for the last 20+ years. Those weren't just ordinary bombs, those were FREEDUM bombs.
Depleted Uranium Freedum Bombs.
The pUTIN Family wants to buy me out? No, I buy you out, you don't buy me out... Sonofabitch! Do you know who I am? I'm MOE GREENE ZONE! I made my bones when you were going out with cheerleaders!
We are Seriously Arming ISIS. Through Saudi Arabia and Israel. That's something. Don't you find it odd that ISIS would "Shoot Down" a Russian Airliner with civilians and NOT an American or NATO Airliner??? To me that speaks Volumes. Just my opinion, maybe I'm wrong...
It's about time that Iraq woke up from the duplicious game the US is playing.
I think it's more that they were at their mercy.
When you feed the pigeons they come back to shit on you.
There's nothing left of the Iraqi Army but corruption and foreign money. We gave them billions of dollars worth of tanks, artillery, small arms, Humvees, and communication gear. We trained them in how to use it. Within a short time after we pulled out their command structure became so corrupt and unfocused that despite all that equipment they weren't any sort of fighting force at all.
Lo - some ragged bearded ruffians came over the horizon in Toyota pickup trucks, waving sharp knives and behaving in a menacing fashion. The entire Iraqi Army panicked, abandoned their equipment, stripped off their uniforms, and high-tailed it to Baghdad.
I guarantee you that the Iraqi Army hasn't recaptured one inch of territory from IS. It's Iranian militiamen doing the fighting. The Iraqis just wring their hands and try to decide who they will allow to come in and fight off IS for them. The Iraqi Army is about as fearsome a fighting force as the My Little Pony Fan Club.
The US does not want capable militaries in its ME vassal states. The ME militaries are trained sufficiently to keep the local polpulation down and no more. They are not trained to deal effectively with a capable military opponent.
So you are agreeing with him, in principle.
There's nothing left of the Iraqi Army but corruption and foreign money.
Sounds like Congress, The Pentagram and Washington DC or really the entire US Govt. Totally corrupt from top to bottom. Federal, State and local. Totally corrupt - totally shit.
Just weeks later, he was in Moscow (in violation of a UN travel ban) . . .
Who the hell does the UN think they are trying to ban anyone (or any country's citizens) from traveling wherever they want to go?? Sounds pretty fascist to me!! If my country was on the receiving end of that treatment I would try to violate it as much as possible. Good for the Iranians!!
Fuck the UN.No legitimate authority whatsoever. A society of cunts
Friggin perfect storm brewing, fucking up World Economy, ME, Asia, Europe. But good thing the US has a new BFF, Al-Qaeda. Invoking wrath of Biblical proportions...
Iraq's leaders better be carful for now on. A segment of the Iraqi military would appear to be aligned with the US/Israel in that they assist ISIS and other insurgents by driving away and leaving large caches of supplies and weapons/vehicles. Massad/CIA may just stage a group killing of the Iraqi leaders and install better puppets. Now the only thing that can save Iraq is for Russia move into Iraq. Which does not seem likely, seeing as how the US/Israel even drop Russian airliners.
I feel quite sure Iran/Russia are keeping a close eye on moves like that... back-channel warnings against such an attempt. For the moment the US is clearly being out-played. The only question is whether this was all intentional to frustrate conservatives into backing another full scale Mid East War or not... nothing short of that is likely to alter the current course of Iranian/Russian dominance in the region.
The masters of the Universe have a problem: A lot of Bush conservatives have given way to Trump conservatives. Many who used to be easy gulls for the selling of war, have had their fill of the Middle East games... especially given how poorly they have been played (or transparently, depending on one's information level).
It is going to take a pretty convincing pretext... Sarin Gas Aint gonna cut it... neither is the traditional Commie/Ruskie scare tactics given many conservatives are actually applauding Putin at the moment. What to do... what to do...
What to do?
Either give in gracefully, or pull the Samson Option.
Either admit that Putin & Co have won the Grand Chess Game (sorry Zbig), or everyone loses.
All the terrorist groups are sunnis. We shouldn't be allied with these fucks we should eradicate them at the source, Saudi Arabia.
The terrorists are Wahhabis, who are as much Sunni as the Westboro Baptists are Protestants. You are correct that the source of this disease is Saudi Arabia, where the Wahhabis were brutally installed by the British.
Correct, how much longer will it take most people to figure out what has REALLY gone on, at least since Sykes-Picot?
You're just Now figuring that out? Unfuckingbelievabl...
I heard that elements within the US military have rebelled against its government and genuinely want to take on ISIS.
So they conduct an attack on an ISIS base to prove they're serious. Then, probably, possibly, others take credit for it so they are genuinely angry since it is a fragile diplomatic situation.
The last guy resigning, the head of the ISIS project in the military resigning recently is evidence of this. However, even with this change of power in the Pentagon the US is still apparently unable to understand the basic psychology of other nations.
If I was the US military in this situation I would declare loudly that I was leaving and my 'parting gift' would be extremely powerful weapons. Iraqi's can hardly refuse them if it's going to mean their own people die are they?
Same old ragheads want the US to do their fighting for them. First they want us out then in then out. Fuck'm all.
Why would the Iraqis doubt Uncle Sam's resolve to help them defeat his own proxy force?
Are the Iraqis mad because we still owe them 32 of the 36 F-16 fighters they bought and paid for upfront back in 2011?
They need to calm down. If we stick to the current timeline, they will get four more F-16 jets every five years or so. Before you know it the year 2055 will be here and Iraq will have their full complement of obsolete junk to fight ISIS.
Ungrateful bastards I tell you!
If they keep this up, the US might let them pay 4.8 billion upfront for those 24 Apaches we talked about on January 2014, and show them what a real "slow delivery" looks like.
In one of those pictures, it looked like there was a portable air conditioner and a barbecue in the background. Chillin' and grillin'....
That's a security flood light pointed outwards for nighttime illumination.
For Iraq, here is one of the best news aggregator links out there: http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/ this will keep you on top of most Iraq news.
Iraqi sentiment against the US turned a long, long time ago – now, I would say probably 90% of all Iraqis really do not like or trust the US government. The remaining 10% are profiting from the yanks and have been bought off. Certainly now, most Iraqis ARE CONVINCED ISIS IS BEING FUNDED AND SUPPLYED BY THE US.
Only “Haji Putin” can save Iraq. Only the Militias can save Iran. The Iranian militias are a fearsome force. When they roll through a town in a convoy for a funeral, the Iraqi police literally run and hide. The Iraqi Army has their honor to manage so they put on a game face, but everyone in Iraq knows the Iranian Militias are in charge.
Now, Al Abadi is in the shit with parliament right now. He has been trying to crack down on corruption and it isn’t making the MPs happy. Not at all. Unless Al Abadi gets his shit in one sock and invites the Russians and Iranians in and gives the US the cold shoulder…unless that happens is he out on the bricks in less than 6 months.
Finally, as for Obama putting 50 pairs of boots on the ground – NEWSFLASH! Those aren’t “Operators”, OBAMA IS USING 50 SPECOPS GUYS AS HUMAN SHIELDS FOR AL QAIDA IN SYRIA! 50 operators can’t do shit except sit in their fucking containers and hope like hell that they don’t get caught up in a Russian bombing run. Funny thing is, those specops guys are in Syria illegally. If they get killed they will be considered collateral damage at best and infiltrators at worse and whatever Russian pilot kills them becomes Hero of Russia.
I swear, just when you think Obama & Co couldn’t be any fucking dumber when it comes to Middle East foreign policy they surprise you.
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West is operating like the East India Company of colonial times (1600-1900). East India company wanted control on resources i.e. on spice (& garments, tea, opium) trade from India & from far-east. They attacked & overpowered some and those which they could not, they made them fight each other using DIVIDE & RULE so that they became too weak. Then the british govt. (french , dutch etc) moved in and declared these its colonies, looted all treasuries. Hundreds of ships were used to transport gold, silver, diamonds, gems & pearls to west. And thumbs of garment weavers were cut. Then west started selling its own fabric, tea, opium produced with raw material from its colonies.
This is how west operates, THIS TIME IT IS OIL & GAS
The oil & gas producing countries including the big nuclear superpower Russia are in its cross hairs.
The policy of west to loot the whole world is :
In order to make an ommlette(money) we need to break eggs(Russia & OPEC).
Empire of debt, about to be kicked out of Iraq???
Bwahahahahahahahahaha...