Posted on 11/30/2015 3:08:53 PM PST by Eleutheria5
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Monday that Iraq has sufficient forces to fight the Islamic State group (ISIS), after American senators called for more US troops to be deployed to the country.
"The Iraqi government welcomes an increase in support in weapons and training and (air) support from international partners in our war against Daesh," Abadi said in a statement, using an Arabic acronym for ISIS.
But "we confirm that Iraq has enough men and resolve to defeat Daesh and other similar criminal groups," he said.
Abadi's remarks came a day after American senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham advocated an increase in US forces in Iraq to around 10,000 from the current cap of 3,550.
"The prime minister... said he wanted more American presence here," McCain, the chair of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, told journalists in Baghdad.
And Graham, a member of the same committee, said: "I talked with the prime minister - would you like more American help? The answer was yes.
"If you went up to 10,000, you're not gonna get any pushback from the Iraqis," said Graham.
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I anticipate a joint Iraqi/Iranian assault on Mosul with joint US/Russian air support.
Ah! He said a dirty word! Stampede! Panic! Flail wildly.
I’m not taking any bets.
Clarification: They depended on us once and we abandoned them. They won’t allow that to happen again.
Two years ago, Iraq asked Obama for help. Obama said...It’s your civil war...Take care of it yourself. In other words....scr** you.
I wonder if McCain and Linda can squeeze into their old uniforms and lead the charge...
If not, stop offering up American blood for these savages...
Send in the brigade of senators.... make’m suit-up and giv’m locals for their back-up support.
The who do they need troops from? Because the Iraqi army sure isn't capable of fighting their way out of a wet paper bag much less beating ISIS.
I just posted a 2013 article. McCain is mentioned....
So in other words they want American money and equipment. Why? So they can turn it all over to ISIS the first time the come into contact again?
Good.
Because we don’t want to fight in your stupid religious civil war anyway.
Yes he did, it's what he excels at. But I think this is just al-Abadi saying that American troops would get in the way of the Iraqis handing over the weapons to ISIS
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