They may, but the Mahdi Army won’t. The thing is they hate Americans as much as they hate Sunnis, so putting a company of our guys right between the sides at the airport might not go down in history as one of warfare’s most brilliant tactical decisions.
the iraqi soldiers defending the green zone were coming to work wearing civilian clothes under their uniforms 3 weeks ago
the green zone and us embassy are wide open to attack, the mahdi army is not going to come into a sunni neighbourhood to defend westerners in the green zone
the green zone walled perimeter is 4 miles, obama’s 500 soldiers is not nearly enough
AF is right, this is a disaster waiting to happen. ISIS now has access to captured weapons that may make a saigon helicopter evac impossible