Oh boy, this will end well.
Well duh. We left them there rather than paying to ship them back. Yup, that was a real smart move. Kinda like selling them some F-16’s a week or so ago. Yeah, that won’t turn out bad or anything.
Uhh... If they have ACTUAL tanks they would have been procured via Russia from an Iraqi government purchase or leftover from Saddam and re-purposed. I could guarantee you there are no American main battle tanks in ISIS hands.
Syria is job one for them. I think ISIS will accept a draw in Baghdad. They really want to reduce the Maliki government to a nullity, then set up their caliphate in the heavily Sunni areas of northern Iraq and Syria. They figure Iran will have the Shiite south.
It’s really bad when you have to depend on Assad and Putin to get the job done.
Just reinforcing the ones Obama had shipped to Libya after Benghazi where they were left unguarded and “stolen”.
Having a main battle tank is a very small piece of the puzzle. They require tons of maintenance, and require tons of supplies to operate and engage in battle. These functions require skilled/trained people and a huge logistical supply line.
Then you’re looking at all the skills it takes to operate such sophisticated technology in battle. Most of these ISIS guys can’t read or write.
So in the end a tank in the wrong hands is a 60 ton lawn ornament.
“In the name of the Blessed Prophet, these things are death traps!” exclaimed one of Al-Rahman’s fighters. “How the hell could anyone drive these things around a parking lot, let alone into a combat zone?”
Everything is going as planned.