Posted on 08/04/2016 7:42:52 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Get Ready for Obama’s ‘October Surprise’ in Iraq
If Iraqi and Kurdish troops—with stepped-up U.S. support—retake Mosul as planned, it could be a big boost for Hillary.
By Mark Perry
August 01, 2016
The American public could be treated to a major U.S.-led military victory in Iraq this fall, just as voters are deciding who will be the nation’s next president—but U.S. military officials insist the timing of the operation has nothing to do with politics.
Iraqi and Kurdish military and paramilitary units are preparing for a push on Mosul, the Islamic State-held city that is now in the cross hairs of the U.S.-led coalition battling the terrorist group across the Middle East. “The idea is to isolate Mosul, cut it off, kill it,” a senior U.S. Central Command officer told me.
Senior military officers say the city in northern Iraq, which has been under Islamic State control since June 2014, will be enveloped in a complex pincer movement from Iraqi military forces battling their way into the city from the southeast and Kurdish units storming the city from the northwest. The military offensive, months in the planning, is now tentatively scheduled to begin sometime in early October, with a final battle for Mosul coming at the end of that month.
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I pray he does not kill soldiers in the name of politics.
putting american troops in peril, not in the interests of national security, but to protect his ass in an election. same thing he did in afghanistan for years.
basically, he’s now trying to win back the victory that george bush won, but obama promptly unwon.
FIFY.
Obama’s ‘October Surprise’ in Iraq ,air dropping pallets of cash from unmarked cargo planes to ISIS
Same as usual under the Obama administration. Everything is done (or not) for a political reason, or to advance globalism.
Obama and Hillary “using” our military for their own gain and getting how many killed and maimed for what?
How many will die because of Zero’s $$$ dump in Iran? How many IED’s did Zero pay for by giving our taxpayer money to our enemies?
Obama will use the battle for Mosul for his political reputation. After the Election he will take a “victory lap” by visiting Mosul.... with a side trip to bow to his Iranian masters.
In the name of "politics'? No.
In the name of "Allah"? Yes.
Gee, as I recall we already did that back in ‘06. Wonder how it all slipped away and needed a do-over?
Just like the State Department insists that the $400 million payment to Iran had nothing to do with ransom for prisoners. Just another coincidence. Move on now, nothing to see here.
Obama is just taking a page from Bill Clinton's playbook -- putting American forces in harm's way for political benefit.
On two occasions, Clinton used military action for the specific purpose of distracting the American public from the fallout of the Lewinsky affair:
• On August 20, three days after Clinton finally admitted publicly to the Lewinsky affair, the news media was poised to focus on that day’s grand jury testimony by Monica Lewinsky. That same morning, Clinton personally went on national television to gravely announce his bombing of a Sudanese “chemical weapons factory,” and a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan. It was the first time most Americans ever heard the name of Osama bin Laden. The factory bombing in Sudan killed an innocent night watchman, but accomplished little else. It later was proven that the plant was making badly needed pharmaceuticals for people in that poverty-stricken part of the world, but no chemical weapons.
Several months later, the U.S. Center for Nonproliferation Studies, part of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, stated: "...the evidence indicates that the facility had no role whatsoever in chemical weapons development." Kroll Associates, one of the world's most reputable investigative firms, also confirmed that there was no link in any way between the plant and any terrorist organization. As for the Afghanistan bombing, it failed to do any damage at all to bin Laden or his organization. Clinton’s action was accurately characterized by George W. Bush when he said right after 9-11: "When I take action, I’m not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt.
Clinton’s pointless and murderous military actions did not make Americans safer that day, although they did destroy an innocent life, and for all the good they did certainly could have been delayed in any case. But they did succeed in diverting media attention from Lewinsky’s grand jury testimony for a 24-hour news cycle, which was the main point. So I guess, they weren’t a total loss.
•On December 16, 1998, on the eve of the scheduled House vote on his impeachment, Bill Clinton launched a surprise bombing attack on Baghdad. As justification for this exploit, he cited the urgent threat that Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction posed to America, and the need for immediate action. Almost immediately, the House Democrats held a caucus and emerged calling for a delay in the impeachment proceedings. House minority leader Dick Gephardt made a statement: "We obviously should pass a resolution by saying that we stand behind the troops. I would hope that we do not take up impeachment until the hostilities have completely ended."
Conveniently, a delay so near the end of the House term would have caused the vote to be taken up in the next session – when the newly elected House membership would be seated with more Democratic representation, thereby improving Clinton’s chances of dodging impeachment.
The Republicans did, in fact, agree to delay the hearings, but only for a day or two. Amazingly, Clinton ended the bombing raid after only 70 hours -- once it became clear that in spite of the brief delay, the vote would still be held in the current session.
Once the bombing stopped, Clinton touted the effectiveness and importance of the mission. As reported by ABC News : “We have inflicted significant damage on Saddam's weapons of mass destruction programs, on the command structures that direct and protect that capability, and on his military and security infrastructure,” he said. Defense secretary William Cohen echoed the point: “We estimate that Saddam's missile program has been set back by at least a year.”
Whether or not one buys Clinton’s assessment of that mission, it is difficult to believe that its timing was so critical that it required commencement virtually at the moment the House was scheduled to vote on the impeachment. I think the most reasonable conclusion is that Clinton cynically deployed US military assets and placed military personnel in harm’s way for purely political reasons.
Hasn’t stopped him before.
Frankly, I don’t want any more of our men and women’s lives given away in that shithole. Screw them. It has cost us enough and the Democrats throw their lives away like chattel.
Typical Dem behavior. ANYTHING and ANYONE will be sacrificed to gain/retain political power.
We now have the bombing in Libya that is barely being covered by the MSM and Reps in Congress are not demanding that more information be provided as to why we are doing it. The bombing is proof positive that ISIS has spread in North Africa, thanks to our assistance.
How about we tell the enemy our attack plans and the timing of them while we are working on some political points to influence an election.
What’s that you say? It might jeopardize and operation and/or get American soldiers killed? How’s that, dear citizen? We are doing this so that we can win an election for you.
(This doesn’t even address the absurdity of being able to “schedule” a victory.
“I pray he does not kill soldiers in the name of politics.”
Cindy Sheehan and Code Pink would be all over....hahahaha, wow, I almost finished that without laughing. Code Pink, where have they been for the last 8 years...apparently they are only butthurt when it is a republican that commits troops to hazardous duty and not their puppet masters.
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