CONFIRMED: Donald Trump is no apologist for the neocons. He talks sense about Libya and Iraq. BUT, he seems to hold a different position on Syria and Assad. Does this mean he is just a Rand Paulian and against wars that have alerady been fought but not against future wars?
-RW
Showing posts with label Iraq. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iraq. Show all posts
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Monday, December 1, 2014
Empire Follies: Iraqi Army Edition
By Chris Rossini
The U.S. government invades and occupies Iraq.
The U.S. government then takes 10 years and tens of thousands of military trainers to "rebuild" the Iraqi Army. A fortune is spent on the endeavor. The merchants of death make sure to get their piece of the action by selling some very fancy-schmancy weapons.
Along comes ISIS....What Ron Paul would call "blowback".
The Iraqi Army folds like a deck of cards, and runs.
ISIS takes the fancy-schmancy weapons for themselves.
The U.S. government then goes into airstrike mode to bomb the fancy-schmancy weapons that ISIS now has.
In September 2014 (a decade after the start of this cascading disaster) U.S. General Dempsey says that 50% of the Iraqi Army is so incompetent that the U.S. government can't even partner with them to fight ISIS.
Yesterday (hang in there, there's more) news came out that the Iraqi Army has 50,000 false names on its payroll.
Not 500....not 5,000....but 50,000!!!
Have you had enough?
Here's some upcoming news....The new Congress in January is going to be loaded with warmongers.
The U.S. government invades and occupies Iraq.
The U.S. government then takes 10 years and tens of thousands of military trainers to "rebuild" the Iraqi Army. A fortune is spent on the endeavor. The merchants of death make sure to get their piece of the action by selling some very fancy-schmancy weapons.
Along comes ISIS....What Ron Paul would call "blowback".
The Iraqi Army folds like a deck of cards, and runs.
ISIS takes the fancy-schmancy weapons for themselves.
The U.S. government then goes into airstrike mode to bomb the fancy-schmancy weapons that ISIS now has.
In September 2014 (a decade after the start of this cascading disaster) U.S. General Dempsey says that 50% of the Iraqi Army is so incompetent that the U.S. government can't even partner with them to fight ISIS.
Yesterday (hang in there, there's more) news came out that the Iraqi Army has 50,000 false names on its payroll.
Not 500....not 5,000....but 50,000!!!
Have you had enough?
Here's some upcoming news....The new Congress in January is going to be loaded with warmongers.
Chris Rossini is author of Set Money Free: What Every American Needs To Know About The Federal Reserve. Follow @chrisrossini on Twitter.
Friday, November 28, 2014
How Lucky Is Iraq To Have Been Liberated Twice?
By Chris Rossini
1917 - F.S. Maude, Lieutenant-General, Commanding the British Forces in Iraq
Now that's some special liberation love.
Chris Rossini is author of Set Money Free: What Every American Needs To Know About The Federal Reserve. Follow @chrisrossini on Twitter.
1917 - F.S. Maude, Lieutenant-General, Commanding the British Forces in Iraq
"Our military operations have as their object, the defeat of the enemy and the driving of him from these territories...our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators..."2003 - U.S. Senator John McCain
"[T]here's no doubt in my mind that we will prevail and there's no doubt in my mind, once these people are gone, that we will be welcomed as liberators."That the British and U.S. governments care so much about the Iraqi people that over 1 million Iraqis have been killed (at least 500,000 of which were children) **and** to turn the place into a complete wasteland....
Now that's some special liberation love.
Chris Rossini is author of Set Money Free: What Every American Needs To Know About The Federal Reserve. Follow @chrisrossini on Twitter.
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