Posted on 04/04/2015 10:12:54 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
A Q&A with Col Sargis Sangari USArmy (Ret)
1. Col. Sangari, summarize the situation of the Assyrian Christians on the Nineveh Plains.
The Assyrian Christian communities on the Nineveh Plains in Iraq, and also in northern Syria in the Khabur River Valley, are facing annhilation by the forces of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). According to UN sources an estimated 660,0000 Assyrians have been driven from their homes by ISIL forces and are now living as refugees in Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and even Iran.
2. Which forces in Iraq are currently fighting ISIS and are they working together?
Since August of 2014 Assyrian military forces have been fighting in Syria and Iraq under Assyrian command and control and the Assyrian flag. These forces have achieved unity of command and unity of effort, and are recognized by coalition forces as vital partners in the fight against ISIS/ISIL aggression. In October, and because of the demonstrated combat effectiveness of Assyrian forces, Sunni, Kurdish, and Shia forces began recruiting Assyrians into their ranks using the political networks they had previously embedded in the Assyrian communities. This move siphoned off troops and money from Assyrian forces, causing a reduction in their combat capabilities that contributed to the loss of 37 communities to ISIL in the Khabur River Valley. If this trend of Assyrian volunteers being sent to fight with other non-Assyrian groups is not halted, the result will be the complete destruction of the Assyrian Army and the subjugation of Assyrians in their own homeland under Kurdish, Sunni, and Shia military leadership and civilian administration.
3. In your recent media appearances you´ve spoken about a double standard being used by the US government with respect to the Assyrian Christians–why is this true?
Assyrian Christians are not directly funded...
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This is a cluster...ugh..headache. What a mess Obama and the sorority sisters have made of the world!
Sounds like Obama has an proclivity for death.
If you yourself is not willing to take up arms and defend yourself, you should not expect some commie black Muslim to do it for you.
“Sounds like Obama has an proclivity for death. “
Well, his parents pretty much left him for dead, so he is merely reciprocating the hospitality.
Why should he? BO’s negro base are Christians in name only...no skin in the game there. Just watch how they worship on their assorted black ministries.
He only gets upset about cartoons...ugh.
Obama did not lift a finger to stop the slaughter of Christians in Kenya by his uncle’s Muslim thugs. He supported his uncle in the foreign election - illegally - while Senator.
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