Posted on 02/11/2015 7:22:35 AM PST by C19fan
In an announcement that could complicate the cornerstone of America’s mission in Iraq—training Iraq’s military to fight ISIS—an Iranian general said Monday that he also is prepared to begin training Iraqi military officers. The message comes after Baghdad and Tehran reached a security agreement in December, which has not been made public but will reportedly increase military cooperation between the two countries.
Washington and Tehran have quietly cooperated in the fight against ISIS largely by avoiding direct contact and keeping to separate spheres of influence. If Iran begins training Iraqi officers at the same time the U.S. carries out its own multi-year training mission, those spheres could collide. Iran hasn’t actually begun any training yet, only signaled its readiness, but if it does start, there are some obvious logistical questions to sort out that carry broader implications. It’s not clear whether the U.S. and Iran would split up the Iraqi army in some sort of shared custody training different units, or if a single Iraqi officer could end up receiving direction from both American and Iranian advisers.
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That quote will go down in history.
“We” created a monster.
Thanks, B0.
Down the memory hole is my suspicion.
The main point of going to war in Iraq was to establish a strategic base between Iran and Syria. All of the lives and treasure spent have been squandered.
Will Obama use tax payer money to pay the bills
Russia spilled the beans the other day. If the U.S. aids Ukraine, Russia will tell Iran, who now is in Iraq w advisors to invade Saudi arabia.
Removing Saddam, who served as a counterbalance to Iran in the region, is looking more and more moronic.
Yep.
The unstated goal of GWB’s War On Terror was to surround Iran by establishing permanent operations in Afghanistan and Iraq! By unceremoniously withdrawing all or most of our troops, BHO has not only squandered our blood and treasure, he has turned the geopolitical clock back to 1978! Somewhere George Santana is face-palming!
The deserves repeating.
We have been sold out again - just like the Liberals/Marxists in power did in Vietnam.
I can hear Obozo's voice saying to Valerie Jarrett.. "mission accomplished."
If you genuinely want to understand the TRUE, VIOLENT, DUALISTIC, SCHIZOPHRENIC nature of ISLAM in order to become part of a solution instead of part of the problem that spells doom for Western Civilization (and, NO, that’s not too extreme a statement), you need to spend 40 minutes with Dr. Bill Warner here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjBDDC4wVxk
And this is ESPECIALLY for any antisemites who view the “Jewish Conspiracy” as the primary threat to your existence and are put off because the video was posted by a Jewish group. Try to think of any nations conquered by violent, bloody Jewish jihad and send me their names.
After watching this presentation, if you STILL believe that Bush was correct when he called islam a “religion of peace” (it’s not a religion and it ain’t peaceful) and Obama was right when he recently declared islam morally equivalent or superior to the Christian Crusades, you are DEFINITELY a BIG part of the problem.
Gang, this is a WAR and it is one we dare not lose!
PLEASE SHARE THIS WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!
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