Posted on 08/11/2014 2:26:22 AM PDT by markomalley
The Obama administration has begun directly providing weapons to Kurdish forces who have started to make gains against Islamic militants in northern Iraq, senior U.S. officials said Monday.
Previously, the U.S. had insisted on only selling arms to the Iraqi government in Baghdad, but the Kurdish peshmerga fighters had been losing ground to Islamic State militants in recent weeks.
The officials wouldn't say which U.S. agency is providing the arms or what weapons are being sent, but one official said it isn't the Pentagon. The CIA has historically done similar quiet arming operations.
The move to directly aid the Kurds underscores the level of U.S. concern about the Islamic State militants' gains in the north, and reflects the persistent administration view that the Iraqis must take the necessary steps to solve their own security problems.
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Well true, but what are they to do if the weaponry sent is not sufficient?
Obama and his media tend to be dishonest about what Obama is really doing. What he says and what he does are two different things. :)
On one hand I totally agree the Iraqi’s need to stew in their own creating, they did kick us out based on what Iran wanted. On the other hand the Kurds actually are one of the sane people in the Middle East. We should abandon Iraq and let Iran handle the Sunni’s(if they can which so far they haven’t done squat) and focus on letting the Kurds establish their own state(Turks be damned).
Iraq general: 70% of Yazidis on Mount Sinjar are dead
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3191696/posts
Flintlock or matchlock?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
2000 MA Deuces, and 10,000 extra barrels! The Pesh Merga weapon of choice, along with 20,000 ton of 50 cal tracer,armor piercing and depleted uranium rounds./S
That should do it for 2 weeks or so.
Great point. Does anyone think that the DoD is MORE efficient after 5 years of Obama?
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