Posted on 08/13/2016 4:48:55 PM PDT by RC one
One of the earliest major setbacks in the war against ISIS came last June when the U.S.-backed Iraqi army was routed by Islamic militants in the northern Iraq city of Mosul. Government forces retreated from the Islamic jihadists’ assault. They left behind a trove of costly military hardware, including U.S.-made armored Humvees, trucks, rockets, machine guns and even a helicopter.
Last weekend, the new Iraqi prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, gave Iraqi state television the first detailed accounting of those lost weapons. Some were old or barely functioning, but others were in good shape and of great value to the ISIS militants.
Although al-Abadi and other Iraqi and U.S. officials haven’t attached a dollar sign to the lost weaponry and vehicles, a back-of-the-envelope calculation of those losses might look something like this:
•2,300 Humvee armored vehicles @ $70,000 per copy. Total: $161 million
•40 M1A1 Abram tanks @ $4.3 million per copy. Total: $172 million
•52 M198 Howitzer mobile gun systems @ $527,337 per copy. Total: $27.4 million
•74,000 Army machine guns @ $4,000 per copy. Total: $296 million
(Excerpt) Read more at thefiscaltimes.com ...
Just like the Mujahadeen was accidentally armed with US stinger missiles to use against the Soviets in Afghanistan and just like Saddam Hussein was accidentally armed with US nerve gas to use against Iran.
First, we did not do it.
Busted
Now, it was an accident.
I say BS too. You don’t leave intel behind or that many humvees. This a BS cover story. It was to supply ISIS with all kinds of goodies they needed to spread their disease across the Middle East
But we will intentionally elect President Trump and we will intentionally support whatever effort he makes to repair the damage done by the domestic terrorists ... especially those that lived in, visited frequently and supported the previous White House occupants.
actually, first “it was an accident” and now it’s ‘we didn’t do it”. this article is a year old. The truth is always harder to find in election year articles.
Rule number 1 of arming foreign insurgencies: do it through foreign intermediaries so you can claim you didn’t do it later.
accidentally on purpose
Let me add this . Hillary armed ISIS directly in Syria with Libyan AQIM weapons she purchased back after giving them to kill Qaddafi!! She must be very proud!! DEFEAT HER!!
Oh this was no accident!
It was not accidental.
And don’t forget to give credit to McCain, Graham and Rubio for their part.
I do.
Just ask yourself .... it’s been a couple years since they captured that equipment .... where are they getting the ammunition for the rifles, tanks, artillery, etc. since they long ago shot up the original captured ammo?
Arms manufacturers don’t care, as long as they get to sell more inventory.
From Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the CIA. Even the NY Slimes had an article a couple of days ago on how the CIA was supplying them with unlimited equipment.
and the US government doesn’t care as long as everyone has to buy their oil with US dollars.
And it accidentally happened again in Benghazi, and it’s gonna accidentally happen again in Turkey only this time with nukes.
This was quite deliberate.
So unexpected.
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