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[SecDef] Carter says Iraq’s ‘will to fight’ at issue after Ramadi
Associated Press ^ | May 24, 2015 11:46 AM EDT | Ken Dilanian

Posted on 05/24/2015 9:08:44 AM PDT by Olog-hai

The Islamic State group’s takeover of the provincial capital Ramadi is stark evidence that Iraqi forces lack the “will to fight,” Defense Secretary Ash Carter acknowledged, a harsh assessment that raised new questions about the Obama administration’s strategy to defeat the extremist group that has seized a strategically important swath of the Middle East.

Although Iraqi soldiers “vastly outnumbered” their opposition in the capital of Anbar province, they quickly withdrew last Sunday without putting up much resistance from the city in Iraq’s Sunni heartland, Carter said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” […]

The White House declined to comment on Sunday. …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; isis; isisiraq; ramadi; rop
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To: Zhang Fei

Keep believing it, then. Funny how Obama is using the IS(IS/IL) matter to raise Iran’s profile and even aid Iran, isn’t it?


21 posted on 05/24/2015 11:22:59 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Keep believing it, then. Funny how Obama is using the IS(IS/IL) matter to raise Iran’s profile and even aid Iran, isn’t it?

Israeli papers are reporting ISIS massacres of Shiites as news. You can choose not to believe it, but Israeli newsmen apparently do.

22 posted on 05/24/2015 11:29:17 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Zhang Fei

Mostly liberal Israeli newspapers. As for INN, they merely reported IS(IS/IL)’s own rhetoric.


23 posted on 05/24/2015 11:32:27 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The ragheads over there are not eager to throw in with the bunch of degenerate communists, liars, homosexuals, and thieves that are running the US Government.

Without real American troops in the fight, the Iraqis are happy to just collect the free weapons and cash the American faggots running the State Department and DOD are handing out and the head for the hills when the SHTF.

They are scamming the Administration and the Administration is scamming the American people.

Ash Carter has an evil faggot as his Chief of Staff.

The ragheads know what time it is.

Meanwhile in Moscow, Putin has ZERO FAGGOTS running his military.


24 posted on 05/24/2015 11:38:38 AM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: Rome2000

They wouldn’t care for anyone running the US government no matter how moral or immoral.

Meanwhile, Putin continues to aid Iran. Just like Obama does.


25 posted on 05/24/2015 11:44:15 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Ashton Carter Backs Transgender People Serving In The Military

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/23/ashton-carter-military-transgender-ban_n_6736736.html


26 posted on 05/24/2015 11:45:54 AM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: Olog-hai

have you read of any captured troops not being killed?


27 posted on 05/24/2015 1:08:56 PM PDT by wiggen (#JeSuisCharlie)
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