Posted on 05/24/2015 11:02:28 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON (CNN) —Defense Secretary Ash Carter, in his first comments since the key town of Ramadi fell to ISIS, blamed the weak state of Iraq's military as one major reason for the city's fall, in an exclusive interview on CNN's "State of the Union" aired Sunday.
"What apparently happened was that the Iraqi forces just showed no will to fight," Carter told CNN's Barbara Starr. "They were not outnumbered. In fact, they vastly outnumbered the opposing force, and yet they failed to fight, they withdrew from the site, and that says to me, and I think to most of us, that we have an issue with the will of the Iraqis to fight ISIL and defend themselves."
Carter's remarks are the strongest yet from any Obama administration official speaking on the record since the last week's events when Ramadi fell. The U.S. has sped up the shipment of some arms to help boost Iraqi forces as ISIS has recently taken more territory, but the U.S. defense chief said Iraq's military needs to step up.
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Dint do nuffins....
Exactly, not much to do. What I have heard though is the Shiites will defend Shiite territories and cities but Rhamadi was a Sunni town.
Those people are absolutely worthless.
I suspect that most of the progressives will act the same way in the upcoming civil war. Their loyalty to the cause really only goes as far as there is free stuff for them. Whe the free stuff disappears, they will scatter.
Funny....They appeared to have the will to fight when the US military was fighting for the town.
Who are you referring to, the Iraqi soldiers, or our government?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Lol, what idiot ever thought they would?
Oh, that's right, George Bush.
It’s like Michael Corleone observed in Godfather II, “Soldiers are paid to fight, rebels aren’t.”
The trainee does as he is trained.
No will. Just like Obama
Exactly. Now the president doesnt have their backs anymore. A handful of little airstrikes, but no boots on the ground.
Was that after he abandoned his men in Russia?
Hyman Roth: What does that tell you?
My neighbor did 3 tours of Iraq, helped train Iraqis. I asked him if he would go back, he said no. They were lazy and untrainable.
But I can’t dismiss it was a staged weapons dump, again.
Iraqi rifles for sale. Never been fired. Only dropped once.
L
It’s Obama’s fault. HE has empowered ISIS.
They can win.
The Americans will come save the day. Why fight?
Another failed Obama strategy.
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