Lavrov says Russia helping fight against militants in Iraq

Reuters ^ | 14 Oct 2015

[amorphous]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday Moscow was helping the fight against Islamist insurgents in Iraq with the consent of the Baghdad government.

"It is necessary to support the cooperation between the Iraqi government and the Iraqi Kurdistan in the fight against terrorism, but we are doing it with the consent of the government," he said.

Lavrov, speaking at the Barents Euro-Arctic Council in Oulu, Finland, also said a new intelligence center in Baghdad currently staffed by Russian, Iraqi, Iranian and Syrian officials remained open to all interested parties.

"These events show that all those who oppose terrorism who should get together and coordinate action," he added.

[Sacajaweau]

Iraq asked Obama first. He said...ya know, you gotta take care of this little civil war yourself.

And ISIS came and conquered.

[Parley Baer]

So now the Russians are in Iraq with the approval of the current Iraqi government. I don’t think the Iraqis think to highly of Obama.

[amorphous]

Agree, as soon as Obama went into office for all intents he turned his back to Iraq.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/losing-iraq/

[amorphous]

I highly recommend the Frontline documentary linked above.

[DesertRhino]

” I don’t think the Iraqis think to highly of Obama.”

Probably not. The Iraqis asked for support when the Syrian rebels started moving in. This was the phase when ISIS convoys were out in broad daylight. It should have looked like the Stukas over Dunkirk.

We gave them the finger.

[VanDeKoik]

Their money. Their solders.

Whatever.

[SaveFerris]

[He said...ya know, you gotta take care of this little civil war yourself.]

The Nobel Peace Prize winner brings peace wherever he can!!

[Chad_the_Impaler]

So Russians say it is legit to get involved in a country if its government approves? The Russians think that Saddam was the legit government of Iraq, so why are they asking permission from the current Shiite government?

[Brad from Tennessee]

[Agree, as soon as Obama went into office for all intents he turned his back to Iraq.]

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/losing-iraq/

Frontline’s “Obama at War” lays the whole rise of ISIS in Obama’s lap.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/obama-at-war/

[amorphous]

As much as I dislike Obama, I wouldn't lay the entire ISIS thing in his lap. While I give Obama most of the credit, W deserves some of the credit himself. At least he prepared the way for ISIS by not taking the advice of his commanders in theater and putting experienced Iraqi personnel back in charge of running the government and keeping the peace.

IIRC, Bush's high level advisers convinced him to fire thousands and thousands of Iraqi Sunni enlisted, officers, and government officials only weeks after the US took Baghdad. Immediately after this action, so called "insurgents" began blowing stuff up.

[Eagles6]

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