Posted on 10/11/2014 1:43:17 PM PDT by bryan999
Iraqi officials have issued a desperate plea for America to bring US ground troops back to the embattled country, as heavily armed Islamic State militants came within striking distance of Baghdad.
Amid reports that Isil forces have advanced as far as Abu Ghraib, a town that is effectively a suburb of Baghdad, a senior governor claimed up to 10,000 fighters from the movement were now poised to assault the capital. The warning came from Sabah al-Karhout, president of the provisional council of Anbar Province, the vast desert province to the west of Baghdad that has now largely fallen under jihadist control.
The province’s two main cities, Fallujah and Ramadi, were once known as “the graveyard of the Americans”, and the idea of returning there will not be welcomed by the Pentagon.
But were the province to be controlled by Isil, it would give their forces a springboard from which to mount an all-out assault on Baghdad, where a team of around 1,500 US troops is already acting as mentors to the beleaguered Iraqi army.
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Not gonna do it! Wouldn’t be prudent!
Bingo
Whatever happened to that turd?
At this point it would not surprise me this is all set up by obamma and califate buddies to hurt us, kill us, and replace our way of life. I no longer believe obola is only inexperienced, this is intentional..Obamma is working with foreign gov’t against us.Once the usa reingages we will start to thin out and our assets are low, we are vulnerable in many ways.
To hell with dem gutless vermin—it take lives to defend your “freedom—your lives. What an insult to Americans, and a disgusting display of impotence from the Iraqis.
“Bet you wish you had that Status of Forces Agreement now!”
Possibly, but I’m starting to wonder if that agreement was just fine with them all the time and this was the BS story we got about it.
Ready the helicopters for embassy roof departures.
Something very strange indeed. In February of this year he suddenly withdrew from politics and dissolved his party staff. "To protect his family's reputation", said Mookie. Mind you, the Iranians have had everything on him since Day One, but the timing is certainly interesting.
Over 100K troops and they can’t fight off 10K insurgents. I call BS. We should provide air support but zero ground troops. Let them take the casualties necessary to remain free. We lost 4500 dead in Iraq. In my book, that’s 4500 too many.
Still hanging out with his “army” in Baghdad. He’s been threatening to attack ISIL if they try to take the government away from the Shiite’s
Thank you for the stat. Time for muslims to step up or f’off. No more american lives for these turds. You cannot give democracy. You have to fight for it and earn it. You guys need some oil, we can arrange that here in Canada. The rest of the shitholes in the world can go to hell. Time to think about US.
Only if they have Ebola it seems.
These people are cowards. Screw them.
No. Fight your own Islamic battle. This is Shite vs Sunni. And has been going on ever since the pedophile profit died.
Sometimes Shites win and most of the time Sunnis win. Rest of the infidels should grab popcorn and watch.
What the US could do is give these the contact card of the US arms dealers, should they need to purchase arms. And pay for your own damn battles!
Exactly. We should do everything in our power to encourage Arab-on-Arab conflict, in perpetuity if necessary. Doing nothing at all is better than choosing sides.
Just put on the popcorn and enjoy.
Their whole attitude with respect to fighting IS is "better you (i.e. dead GI's) than me (i.e. dead Iraqis)". While they're entitled to their view, it's not like we're not entitled to ours, which is also "better you (i.e. dead Iraqis) than me (i.e. dead GI's). We gave at the office. 4500 dead GI's and ~$1T worth. Time for them to do their own fighting with their own money. We should give them some amount of air support, but the rest is up to them. The risk with ground troops is mission creep. We get in there and are pressured into taking on increasingly onerous tasks with PC ROE's imposed by Obama.
The Iraqis are prepared to fight to the last American.
Get some Napalm in there.
Exactly. Great post/great thread BUMP!
Fax them over our 2nd amendment. We could have an elementary school student draw a picture of a gun so they know what it looks like. Oh…wait…
This was easily preventable. If obama hadn’t pulled our troops out prematurely, the current crisis would never have happened. obama and his halfwit supporters own this mess. Tagline...
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