One thing still bugs me. Why didn’t the Iraqis prepare to defend themselves whennthey saw Obama was going to leave them high and dry? Why didn’t they for town militias to protect themselves and their communities?
My own opinion, based on personal interaction with pepple from Iraq, Iraqisare pepersonally selfish. They make choices on personal immediate gain and hope for continued personal benefit in the future. It might be the result of living until Saddam’s boot heel for so long, but they have no sense of selfless sacrifice for the good of others.
Since they have no commitment, a committed force, whose commitment to a deity motivates them will overrun them because they do not fear and almost welcome death.
The average Iraqi feels if they lose their life, they have nothing, and sacrificing that for the benefit of others is not worth it to them.
Two people:
my nephew, and my niece’s husband have asked
what was the purpose of their service in Iraq and Afghanistan,
and why they lost close friends there.
Sounds a lot like my generation’s Vietnam.
Country has been divided by sunni and shia for so long that you can’t get people to come together for the common good, I guess. Maybe Biden was right when he suggested splitting Iraq into 3 countries.