Anti-War – by Jason DitzCreating and equipping a brand new Iraqi military wholecloth was no problem for the US. It was a win-win, a chance to train up a new “ally” and ship massive amounts of US arms-makers equipment abroad.
It’s looking less wise now, as the Iraqi soldiers drop their US gear and run, and the advancing Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the same group that used to be al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) during the US occupation, is finding itself in possession of a lot of shiny new US military exports.
Indeed, ISIS has secured so many US-made vehicles that they don’t even need them all on the Iraq side of their new Islamic state, and reports say they are sending a number of US-made tanks, trucks and Humvees into Syria, to be used by ISIS fighters on the Syrian front.
Perhaps even more dangerous, US officials say it is “probable” that US-made anti-aircraft missiles are now in ISIS hands, meaning all air traffic in the region is in serious danger.
http://news.antiwar.com/2014/06/17/isis-secures-us-made-weapons-ships-tanks-to-syria-front/
“It’s looking less wise now, as the Iraqi soldiers drop their US gear and run, and the advancing Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the same group that used to be al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) during the US occupation, is finding itself in possession of a lot of shiny new US military exports.”
I’m certain the so-called ‘government’ NEVER expected THAT to happen.
How convenient.
So It Has Begun, This is the big game. As for as Putin, he is having a good drink, and thinking of what is to be!!!! Sorry boys, but the state has let you down again.
Thats right #1 i’m sure the CIA din’t plan for this to happen, cu’s we all trust the wonderful gov’t.
Just rotten bad luck all around, eh, marty?
The big question is Where the F…k is Putin in all this, what about all the big talk Syria and saving that oh, its a new game for US and Syria!
putin is onsite.
has been for a long time.
there are 2 russian missile ships and one iranian missile ship docked in the port at Tartus.
flight time is probably under 1 minute from those ships to any plane that try’s to bomb syria.
WOW! The betrayal begins. That’s what happens when you train and arm a complete psychopath. Did they really expect him NOT to betray them? Guess they don’t have a chip implanted inside him where they can just press a button and he has a heart attack and dies. You know the old CIA trick. Maybe he removed his fail-safe chip and that’s why the tables have turned.
And yes, where the hell is Putin and Russia in all of this? As far as China is concerned, they will never attack unless their homeland is attacked first. They ALWAYS play the passive/hide behind the leader/number two role.
“Did they really expect him NOT to betray them?”
I think they were ‘banking’ (yes) on it, NC.
IF not outright ordered by them.
Can we just officially say WWIII is going on and just get it over with? When this many countries are being attacked and invaded at once, including ours, it’s pretty safe to say we are in the middle of WWIII, don’t you?
Oh please! Iraqi troops went retrograde on US orders, not because they were afraid of the Toyota pickup parade.
US needed a way to arm their mercs with heavy weapons to fight the Syrian Army. Those pictures of young men in a ditch looked staged.
If they were Iraqi defence forces, they would be wearing uniforms.
Anyone who suggests the Russians are arming ISIS with tanks to fight its ally, Syria, is either a propaganda agent or mentally feeble victim of irrational propaganda.
Stop sniffing glue.