US Army trainers instruct Iraqi Army recruits at a military base in Taji, Iraq, in April. Press TV
Eli Lake & Josh Rogin, Bloomberg: Iraq Doesn't Want the Ground Troops Hawks Are Offering
As the U.S. special operations presence in Iraq grows, President Barack Obama's diplomats are promising its government he has no intention of sending large contingents of combat troops to join those well-trained fighters already on the ground. There is a good reason for this: Iraq and Iran don't want them.
U.S. officials tell us Iraq's prime minister, Haidar al-Abadi, has asked the U.S. for more equipment, more training and more air support. But he has been clear that his government opposes any influx of U.S. combat troops like those that fought inside Iraq between 2003 and 2011. "Ground troops at this point is just not politically sustainable in Iraq," one senior State Department official said. This official added that Baghdad's opposition to ground forces "put a ceiling" on what the U.S. could offer militarily.
WNU Editor: The U.S. has the same reputation in Iraq that Russia has in Afghanistan .... a population that is hostile to them because of the past. The only difference is that in Russia they know that this negative sentiment against them exists in Afghanistan .... but when it comes to the U.S. in Iraq, many U.S. politicians have chosen to ignore Iraqi opinion .... Two Senior U.S Senators Want To Deploy 20,000 U.S. Soldiers To Iraq And Syria.
Since when does iran dictate u.s policy
ReplyDeleteAs for iraq wanting more equipment , why so they can turn tail and run and hand it over to isis as soon the shooting starts.
The kurds are the snswer to this mess fund train and equip.
Fazman
ReplyDeleteI agree with you ...more over do you know how much money the U.S has spend in Irak .for nothing at all .
And millions of Americans live paycheck after paycheck.
Exactly let the russians and iranians have the mess lol
ReplyDeleteSi-vis-passen, fazman,
ReplyDeleteYup, how ungrateful the Iraqi's are for the U.S. Gift of Freedom and that there 10% population reduction that accompanied it.
Has Operation Iraqi Liberation not yet paid for insect yet?
Thats right so pull out leave them be and have isis in baghdad in 3 months.
ReplyDeleteThey are in no position to demand any more equipment as theyve shown all the training and tanks in the world is useless without the stomach to stand and fight.
So yeah si vis and l will stand by our comment dont demand jack or the u.s should be happy to oblige and leave.
The solution lies not with the useless iraqis but with arming the kurds to the teeth and embedding u.s spec ops and forward observers with them.
fazman,
ReplyDeletePull out, the World and the Iraqi's will thank you, more so if you pull back to isolationism,
But the U.S. ain't gonna do that.
The iraqis wont thank them as the govt will fall within a month and iraq will become a hardline isamic state.
ReplyDeleteBut yeah let the iranians have the headache.