Senate moves toward supporting supply of US Apache helicopters to Iraq

Reuters, via South China Morning Post ^ | January 10, 2014 | Reuters in Washington

[Timber Rattler]

The US Senate is looking more favourably at a request to provide attack helicopters to Iraq, but a top senator has not yet given the Obama administration a green light for military assistance that Baghdad wants to help it rebuff an al-Qaeda bid to seize a western province.

[Timber Rattler]

This one almost slipped through...so who's going to fly and maintain the Apaches? The Iraqis?

[GeronL]

I don’t know what these fools are thinking any more

[BenLurkin]

Now if we can only get the Iraqis to PAY for them out of their own pockets for a change.

[andyk]

Why? Al queda is on the run. They’ve been decimated. Our benevolent overlord says so.

[chiefqc]

How many seconds will pass before they are being used by al-Qaeda or iran to attack innocent people of this region?

Another great idea form an administration with no credibility and a complete failure in foreign policy.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

I think that people are getting tired of this endless drain on our blood and wealth. Between Obama and Congress, things look bleak.

[GeronL]

bump

[Mikey_1962]

Might as well send them directly to Teheran and skip the puppet in between.

[DJ MacWoW]

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[Sacajaweau]

Show us the money....

[jttpwalsh]

Sounds like a great idea, right up until a couple of them show up over a U.S. city with Ahmed Binfoolinya at the controls. No disrespect, to you, Timber, just the article. Thanks.

[Psalm 73]

"...so who's going to fly and maintain the Apaches?"

Arabs are notorious for poor aircraft maintenance - they usually have to hire expats to do it.
Good luck with that.

[1st Division guy]

only the best for al queda

[Georgia Girl 2]

Just great! I understand the Iraqi’s have already sold one to China.

[TADSLOS]

This one almost slipped through...so who's going to fly and maintain the Apaches? The Iraqis?

US Military contractors will maintain them and provide training. Most probably DynCorp.

[TADSLOS]

Even if the Apache deliveries are approved, they won’t be provided to Iraq immediately, so they might not make any difference in the conflict in Anbar.

There's no "might" about it. Too little, too late, and a fool's errand propping up Muslim regimes in any event.

[clearcarbon]

Will this hardware going to be replaced or are we just disposing of more of our military asserts?

[teeman8r]

weren’t we just there... and didn’t we win?