[Olog-hai]

How come the regular defenders just up and ran away?

[Truth29]

"How come the regular defenders just up and ran away?"

Doesn't say much for all the US money and training that went into reestablishing the Iraqi army. Contrast their performance with the Kurdish Peshmerga who stand and fight and are a very effective militia/army.

[ArmstedFragg]

Most of them are just in the military to collect a pay check. Their primary loyalty is to their tribe or religious faction, not to their country.

[SgtHooper]

Lack of courage?

[faucetman]

“Iraqis flock to volunteer to fight insurgents”

Let me fix it.

“Iraqis flock to volunteer to join insurgents”

or

“Iraqis flee rather than fight insurgents”

[rbg81]

It’ll be a few months (or longer) before these recruits are properly trained. Not that the Iraqi army has a good training program in any case.....

[yldstrk]

well they better get fighting

[Genoa]

Iran sees Saudi influence:

http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/8024.htm

“Regime mouthpieces, both those who support the Rohani government and those who support the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and the ideological camp, accused Saudi Arabia of being behind ISIS activity in Iraq after its defeat in Syria, either on orders from the U.S. and Israel, or independently as a Sunni force combatting Shi’ites.”

[MasterGunner01]

As the Iraq situation deteriorates, the MSM is totally not curious why the U.S. State Department and the Obama White House bungled this. The situation did not happen in a vacuum. It was a U.S. government caused fiasco with major political players involved up to their eyebrows. (Yes, that's you, Hillary Clinton.)

The real question is: Who lost Iraq? It sure wasn't George W, Bush because he hasn't been POTUS since 20 January 2009. Gee, it must’ve happened on Barry's watch? Oh, no! And the MSM goes into full amnesia or blame Bush mode. Anything to avoid dealing with the real world failure of their Dear Leader and his band of incompotents.