Posted on 05/08/2016 11:24:15 AM PDT by Olog-hai
For nearly two years, U.S. airstrikes, military advisers and weapons shipments have helped Iraqi forces roll back the Islamic State group. The U.S.-led coalition has carried out more than 5,000 airstrikes against IS targets in Iraq at a total cost of $7 billion since August 2014, including operations in Syria. On Tuesday a U.S. Navy SEAL was the third serviceman to die fighting IS in Iraq.
But many Iraqis still aren’t convinced the Americans are on their side.
Government-allied Shiite militiamen on the front-lines post videos of U.S. supplies purportedly seized from IS militants or found in areas liberated from the extremist group. Newspapers and TV networks repeat conspiracy theories that the U.S. created the jihadi group to sow chaos in the region in order to seize its oil.
Despite spending more than $10 million on public outreach in Iraq last year, the U.S. government appears to have made little headway in dispelling such rumors. An unscientific survey by the State Department of Iraqi residents last year found that 40 percent believe that U.S. policy is working to “destabilize Iraq and control its natural resources,” and a third believe America “supports terrorism in general and (IS) specifically.” …
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When Galileo publicly recanted his heliocentric beliefs, he mumbled: “But it still moves.”
The US can say we don’t support IS, “But we still do.”
Actions speak louder than words.
Obama leaves all kinds of questions
No one, foreign or domestic, trusts a damn thing Obama says or does. He’s destroyed our standing in the world.
Obama, Hillary and Republican leaders in DC are all on the same page. They all support arming terrorists in Syria
Obama and Hillary’s foreign policy not only squandered the sacrifice of thousands of American lives and $4 trillion dollars, it continues to cause chaos and uncertainty in the rest of the world. I would guess that hundreds of thousands of additional lives have been lost because of Obama’s wishy washy leadership. No one except for our enemies can count on him.
When ya got the GrandMufti in Chief in the Oval Orifice, I see their point.
My instinct tells me that the CIA and whatever other covert agencies of the deep state that exist, are the ones supplying IS. The US military appears to to battling IS selectively with orders probably coming down from the top...meaning the CIC.
Crazy to think about, but the USA is effectively involved on both sides. If I didn’t know better, I would say our tax dollars are funding both sides.
But with illicit drug money, corrupt mega banks, money printing gone wild....insane credit creation.....the funding appears secondary to the complete lack of humanity that western organizations have on backing murderous, civilization killing, savage killing machines...in other words
Mercenaries.
The Iraqis know better.
I was told by a friend not long ago that the son of a cousin of his is an Army sniper and the word in his unit is that a recently killed ISIS sniper was using the best US sniper rifle in the armory.
Even the Iraqis understand that the muzzie at 1600 is fighting for the other side.
“... covert agencies of the deep state that exist, are the ones supplying IS...”
like the CIA operation in Benghazi??
and Obama was supporting the Iranians from DAY 1
> If I didn’t know better, I would say our tax dollars are funding both sides.
Do you know better?
The CIA has a long history of doing the dirty work for the Wall St. Cabal and their partners in crime.....the large multinational corporations.
Read about the twisted Dulles brothers. Allen and John Foster.
Hillary seems to embody both of these sickos.
Yes.....I trust my instinct. I do not trust any part of the US governing cabal.
At my age.....I have seen enough of this putrid, rotting, humanity killing evil.
The CIA is the last steaming, swirled, layer of crap on this dung we call the US Government. Time to flush!!!!!!!
Well, the Obama Admin is supporting ISIS so this should be fun. Americans will be buying a lot of rope when all the facts come out.
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