Posted on 06/26/2014 4:15:58 PM PDT by kristinn
Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has told the BBC that he hopes jets from Russia and Belarus will turn the tide against rebels in the coming days.
"God willing within one week this force will be effective and will destroy the terrorists' dens," he said.
He said that the process of buying US jets had been "long-winded" and that the militants' advance could have been avoided if air cover had been in place.
Isis and its Sunni Muslim allies seized large parts of Iraq this month.
Mr Maliki was speaking to the BBC's Arabic service in his first interview for an international broadcaster since Isis - the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - began its major offensive.
"I'll be frank and say that we were deluded when we signed the contract [with the US]," Mr Maliki said.
"We should have sought to buy other jet fighters like British, French and Russian to secure the air cover for our forces; if we had air cover we would have averted what had happened," he went on.
He said Iraq was acquiring second-hand jet fighters from Russia and Belarus "that should arrive in Iraq in two or three days".
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
In a matter of weeks the Iraqi forces may not have airbases to fly missions out of.
It’s been in the news for weeks that Putin offered to help him.
Personally, I DON’T want to help Maliki. He’s a jerk.
We should come up with “Bitch,please” posters relating to Obama.
Ridicule is a potent weapon according to Alinsky.
As I like to say KGB Colonel vs community organizer, who do you think will win that one?
Predictable. MAybe US border governors will ask the Russians to help guard their state’s border with Mexico since Obama isn’t doing so.
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Islam is a danger to every non-muslim country. Good if the Russians want to show us up & put their men & dollars to work against ISIS. Obama is not one I want in charge of a war against Islam.
SHOW OF HANDS....
How many here think the Russians, and Putin, will care one damn bit about “Collateral Damage” from bombings and airstrikes???
The U.S.A. with it’s leftwing media, corrupted politicians and “give me something free” electorate cannot be depended on for anything. A lesson leaders around the world are learning fast. From world power to world joke within a decade.
OMG I hate to laugh so true LOL!
NOPE I don’t see any hands LOL!
no.
I am not convinced that he can handle the nuances of Tiddlywinks.
I never understood why lack of a SoFA keeps us from having air cover available.
Ok, have my tin hat on but let me ask, is there any way that Obama is working with Putin? That “I’ll have more flexibility after the election” line haunts me. Was that someone reporting back to their boss?
I know it’s a wild theory but honestly, I predicted this outcome days ago. Something just told me that Putin would swoop in and save the day while Obama watched the World Cup.
I think it is a very good possibility that Obama and Putin are on the same side, they share the same basic goals:
A marginalized and useless USA
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