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2015-05-25 Iraq

Pentagon Chief Says Iraqi Army 'Showed No Will to Fight' in Ramadi

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-05-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iraq

#1 http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/dempsey-iraqi-forces-not-driven-from-ramadi-they-drove-out-of-ramadi

BRUSSELS, May 20, 2015 – Iraqi security forces weren’t “driven from” Ramadi, they “drove out of Ramadi,” the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today.

Posted by BernardZ 2015-05-25 07:26|| 2015-05-25 07:26|| Front Page Top

#2 So, an army rife with political appointees and careerists can't quite seem to be effective in leadership in convincing people to 'die on that hill' (see also - Nigeria). I doubt that the Beltway population has anything to learn from that.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-05-25 09:02|| 2015-05-25 09:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Unfortunately, I do not believe a word Carter says. He is a political tool of a political regime who despises the military and the country it defends.

Very simply, you can not expect Shia troops to defend a Sunni city against ISIS, especially if the Sunni do not want them there. So far ISIS' victories have been in Sunni areas.

Actually, my reading is that the Iraqi Army was overwhelmed by the IS. The 30 car bombs were used very effectively to eliminate points of resistance. e.g.: IS used 10 car bombs to shatter one side of the Army base's defenses. The rest of the assault force poured in behind them. The Gold Force (Iraqi commandos) stayed and fought, but were cut off and enveloped. They eventually fought their way out.

Many Iraqi soldiers "died with their boots on." They deserved better from the Iraqi national leadership and from the White House lawyers that had to pre-approve every bomb, every rocket fired during the battle.

Al

Posted by frozen al 2015-05-25 11:08|| 2015-05-25 11:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Clearly what the Iraqis are missing is Secretary Carter's inspirational leadership on the battlefield. It could give us a new motto, "Political Appointees Lead the Way!", and a new action flick, "Wow, They Really Were Expendable".

Posted by Matt 2015-05-25 12:02|| 2015-05-25 12:02|| Front Page Top

#5 VPOTUS Biden is on post-Carter damage control ...

* TOPIX > JOE BIDEN PHONES IRAQ PM TO REINFORCE US SUPPORT [to Iraq's Govt-Army] IN ISIS FIGHT.

VPOTUS BIDEN TO IRAQ PM = D *** NG IT, WE IN AMERIKA REALLY LOVE OUR NEW CO-SUPERPOWER SIBLING - WE REALLY REALLY REALLY DO!

[LATE GREAT ED SULLIVAN here].

VERSUS

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > IRAQ INTERIOR MINISTER: "IRAN [Iran-n-Only-Iran] SAVED OUR COUNTRY"!

* RELATED SAME > ONLY IRAN HAS CONFRONTED ISLAMIC STATE, IRANIAN PARAMILITARY CHIEF [MGEN Soleimani]SAYS.

* BIGNEWSNETWORK > IRANIAN COMMANDER [IRGC Quds Force MGEN Qassem Soleimani]: OBAMA "HAS NOT DONE A DAMN THING" TO STOP ISLAMIC STATE | US [POTUS Obama] HAS NO WILL TO FIGHT ISLAMIC STATE GROUP.

Has MGEN Soleimani said "D **** NG IT"???

Not good news - AGAIN - for Guam-WESTPAC + US Allies in East Asia, i.e. per the East-South China Sea + Taiwan.

VERSUS

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Business Insider] US NOW FACES A DILEMMA IN THE ISIS FIGHT.

Formal anti-ISIS/ISIL US-IRAN Alliance???

Well, ya know, the US + Iran being SSSHHH ...CCCC OWG Globalist Co-Superpower Siblings ...

... ... And all that.

But I digress ...

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-05-25 21:20|| 2015-05-25 21:20|| Front Page Top

#6 It could give us a new motto, "Political Appointees Lead the Way!"

It's late, but I think Matt just grabbed Snark of the Day.

Posted by SteveS 2015-05-25 23:04|| 2015-05-25 23:04|| Front Page Top

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