Posted on 02/20/2015 2:08:05 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
(FULL TITLE) TREASON: Lt. Gen. Tom McInerney Accuses Obama Of “Aiding And Abetting The Enemy” By Revealing Mosul Battle Plan
(CNSNews.com) - Much to the surprise of many Americans, the Obama administration is revealing its plan to retake Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, months before the anticipated battle happens.
An official from U.S. Central Command told reporters on Thursday that the fight will likely begin in April or May and will involve up to 25,000 U.S.-trained Iraqi troops.
“It’s very mystifying why this administration would reveal potential plans to retake Mosul,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) told Fox News’s Megyn Kelly Thursday night.
“If a private in Iraq had revealed this kind of planning inadvertently by leaving a plan in the chow hall or the gym, he might have faced a court-martial, but it’s now become a matter of policy this administration is going to announce war plans in advance.”
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Tom McInerney, a Vietnam Veteran, said he agrees with Sen. Cotton: “It’s absolutely bewildering. We are aiding and abetting the enemy,” he told Fox News’s Kelly.
McInerney said it’s unlikely the Islamic terrorists will flee ahead of time, knowing what’s coming: “They’re going to stay, probably, and it’s still going to expose our forces to a certain risk because they’re (ISIS/ISIL) going to be doing a lot of defensive preparation — IEDs, different force positions, knowing an attack is coming. All those kind of things that are going to make our troops more vulnerable.”
Asked why U.S. Central Command was telegraphing the time frame and details of the operation to the enemy, the U.S. military official said it was important to highlight the Iraqi security forces’ commitment to the anti-ISIS/ISIL mission.
The official said the U.S. will provide military support for the operation, including training, air support, intelligence and surveillance. He said no decision has been made yet on whether to send in U.S. ground troops to help call in airstrikes. That decision would be made by senior defense and military leaders and President Barack Obama.
The official said the goal is to retake Mosul, captured by Islamic militants last June, before the summer heat and the holiday month of Ramadan begin. He added that if the Iraqi troops are not ready to fight in April or May, “we have not closed the door” on delaying the attack.
Said Cotton: “You have to wonder, given the timing right after the summit on countering violent extremism, that this is the administration trying to get a P.R. win since this summit hasn’t produced anything other concrete to justify the President’s failures and counteracting the Islamic State.” Keep reading
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This is something done by the VP and the Cabinet.
Now you know why Joe Biden is the VP.
This is 100% indefensible, unjust, and inexcusable.
followed by a sex change operation.
How do you come by this information?
I just want to remind everyone about the Iraqi army and what they will be facing.
1. They have plenty of military machinery. And they left a lot of it behind for the jihadist to play with.
2. The officer corp is badly trained. If they are planning the numbers, which I think is around 25,000 troops, they don’t have the organizational ability to lead this number and keep the coordinated.
3. The US military does not have a good relationship with the Iraqi leadership, and does not know if their assistance can trickle down through the ranks.
4. The Iraqi army is rife with corruption.
5. The soldiers literally gave away their salaries to their officers in order not to serve on the front lines.
6. Our state department said that the reason we announced this joint campaign was to warn the civilians, so they can get out of Mosul before the attack.
I say this is a warning to jihadist to harden their defenses.
Having lost the element of surprise, BO and his press corp, can say, later, after the battle is lost, look the weeks of preparation and reporting, well, at least we tried and had good intentions. And it there book, consequences don’t matter, but that they had noble intentions.
I think we need to open up a new front in that war . . . around the White House!!!
Where are all the hard core US military guys?
The guys that have been “Retired” under the pressure of this administration?
Are they at least talking to each other?
These are serious guys that understand what is going on even more than our base of serious Freepers here.
What are they doing?
Going into retirement?
It’s not their nature.
I believe we are days or weeks away from a coup d’é·tat, either by or against BHO. Events are happening at such a rate that they will soon be beyond anyone’s control, certainly of our feckless and incompetent leader. Either control of the gov will be seized and the constitution put in abeyance, or someone will find the pistachios to do the right thing and end this reign of idiocy we have been burdened with. A Democrat pundit laughingly suggested just yesterday that we conservatives think Barach Obamama is the “Manchurian Candidate”! For once this was no straw man. I believe that he is exactly that, with all its implications.
Note as time goes on, there will be fewer and fewer pundits and talkers reflexively hitting back with “you have got to be crazy” or “some sort of nut” to think that. Also note that Every inexplicable and puzzling thing BHO has done fits this status perfectly. What then? Who knows? Maybe Lawrence Harvey might know?
I really don't know what's mystifying about this; the Obama administration wants ISIS to win. Isn't that obvious?
Hopefully something is in the works.
I saw it last night and My wife a friend and myself were all agreeing with him! It is about damned time somebody started saying it besides us.
I don’t think 0bama gives a damn about winning or losing.
In the big picture, he just wants ISIS to be legitimized as a State that then can be negotiated with.
As Yemen fell, a State dept tool said they are hopeful for a “peaceful transition”.
WTF?
McInerney insisted that MH370 landed in Pakistan. I can’t quite take him seriously.
Sorry,folks.
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Time for the Generals to act. If Congress can’t act for political resons maybe the Joint Chiefs should roll tanks to White House—seize power and place a Junta in control, close congress, place an acting President in power—Like General Patreus, until elections can be called. Nation under martial Law—all major cities under military control—the right to assemble cancelled until elections. News papers and media under control. I would almost welcome this—and I never thought I would say this in my life.
It does seem like things are rapidly spinning out of control. There seem to be more ‘important” people openly questioning Obama’s motives now, in public. Gingrich said the biggest danger to America is in the administration. Obama and his staff double down in face of the criticism. This will blow up sooner or later.
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