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2015-10-23 Iraq

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-10-23 12:45|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 How'd that nation building thingy work for you?

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-10-23 18:10|| 2015-10-23 18:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Dunno - ask the Japanese?

Posted by Pappy 2015-10-23 19:00|| 2015-10-23 19:00|| Front Page Top

#3 We had an American Shogun sit on them for 6 years, didn't get around to real rebuilding till the Korean War kicked off and thought it might be better they were capitalists rather than red. That was motivation enough back then to stay around a while with a robust Status of Forces Agreement in place.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-10-23 19:39|| 2015-10-23 19:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Facing them are an estimated 80,000 opposition fighters from all groups or factions, of which circa 10-13,000 are ISIS/ISIL.

Of these five Iraqi divisions, prolly safe to say that 2-3 are intended by the IGA for the direct protection of the Iraqi Govt itself.

All in all, the Iraqi Army then is roughly par or slighltly outnumbered vee the ISIS/ISIL per se, + vastly outnumbered in gross by the fighters of the various Militant Groups including but not limited to the ISIS/ISIL.

A DANGEROUS REALITY FOR IRAQ WHICH MAY EXPLAIN WHY ...

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS, BIGNEWSNETWORK > IRAQ'S RULLING BLOC [Alliance] WANTS RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES, POLITICIANS TELL RT [Russia Today] OF "LACK OF TRUST" BETWEEN IRAQ AND US [includ US-led Coalition] - RT NEWS.

* RELATED SAME > [Sputnik News] IRAQI PARLIAMENT TO VOTE ON REQUEST FOR RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES.

* FYI LUCIANNE > [Associated Press] DESPITE US-LED [Air] CAMPAIGN, ISLAMIC STATE GROUP RAKES IN OIL EARNINGS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-10-23 22:37|| 2015-10-23 22:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Drone strikes may help Iraq delay or stave off defeat from the ISIS + Other, BUT LIKELY WON'T BRING VICTORY TO THE IGA OR US-LED COALITION WIDOUT MASSIVE OR EFFECTIVE GROUND FORCES INTERVENTION.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-10-23 22:40|| 2015-10-23 22:40|| Front Page Top

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