Posted on 03/16/2015 8:06:42 AM PDT by C19fan
Iraqi and Shia militia forces have been taking back ground from Islamic State, pushing the jihadist fighters out of much of the town of Tikrit.
But in a sign of Tehran’s growing military presence in the Iraq, Iranian weapons were a nearly ubiquitous sight in images and videos coming out of the offensive to take the mostly Sunni city.
Ever since Islamic State shocked the region with its capture of Mosul last summer, Iran has opened up its arsenals and flooded clients, proxies and friends in Iraq with arms and vehicles.
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US is currently on the other side - haven’t you noticed? Others, however , are not sitting idly by...
but don’t look for much in the media - which is just as well. After all, The Boy King gets his information by ‘reading it in the papers” - also what he isn’t aware of, he can’t as easily sabotage...ie, warn his comrades
The Iranian Camel getting its nose under the tent!
We knew this would happen as soon as we pulled out of Iraq.
If we had known this, we would have been better off leaving Saddam in power.
It already has the head and most of the neck under it by now. Half way up to the hump.
Yeah
We knew this would happen as soon as we pulled out of Iraq.
Correction. Obama knew this would happen, that is
why he did it. NOT Bushes fault. Obama built this
all by himself.
That’s exactly what happened after the 1991 Gulf War. Bush I and James Baker got criticized for not supporting the Shiites during Saddam’s crackdown. Damned if you do damned if you don’t. The region is seemingly incapable of responsible self-governance.
Iraq should have been partitioned into Sunni Arab, Shiite Arab and Kurd nations.
Iran is just pushing ISIS back for its self interest. ...Duh!
Bush I was smart not to wade into that cesspool.
Bush II not so smart. And that bit about looking into Putin’s soul or something... LOL.
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