Iraq militia leader hails Iran’s ‘unconditional’ support

Associated Press ^ | Mar 14, 2015 2:22 AM EDT | Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Sameer N. Yacoub

[Olog-hai]

The U.S. has failed to live up to its promises to help Iraq fight Islamic State extremists, unlike the “unconditional” assistance being given by Iran, the commander of Iraq’s powerful Shiite militias alleged Friday.

In a battlefield interview near Tikrit, where Iraqi forces are fighting to retake Saddam Hussein’s hometown from the militants of the so-called Islamic State, commander Hadi al-Amiri criticized those who “kiss the hands of the Americans and get nothing in return.” […]

An Iraqi government official told The Associated Press that Iran has sold Baghdad nearly $10 billion in arms and hardware, mostly weapons for urban warfare like assault rifles, heavy machine-guns and rocket launchers. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media. …

[Olog-hai]

How quickly this “sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq” has turned into a province of Iran. But frankly, it seems like Obama’s plan all along.

[Jack Hammer]

“The U.S. has failed to live up to its promises to help Iraq...”

Fer cryin out loud, for the past ten years we’ve done everything for the Iraqis but wipe their butts for em; wadda they want, cocoa butter massages for dad, free hairstyles fer the missus and crackerjacks for the kids????

[fella]

Our “Dear Leader” has not lost the hearts and minds of the Iraqies, you cannot loose what you have thrown into the trash.