And thanks to the Obamster, their Iranian mentors are billions of US dollars richer with our M1 Abrams thrown in for good measure.
“After all of the US sacrifice in Blood and Treasure, this only proves that the Shi’ite Muslims are unappreciative and unreliable Barbarians.”
I’ve said the very SAME thing over the years on FR, even back in 03’. We should have confiscated the damn oil wells and made money for ourselves, and to give the proceeds to the fallen soldiers families. The damn Iraqis then sold the oil wells rights to those “allies” who didnt help us during the Invasion like France etc.
The main problem is the Iraqi Army cannot maintain US equipment and Russian gear is designed for uneducated peasants. The Afghan Army did the same thing.
Almost correct. You have a redundant word in there which actually subtracts from your post.
Just FYI, an Abrams costs about 10X to run and maintain over what a T-90 does. Parts for an Abrams only come from one country, who left the Iraqis hanging with their arse in the breeze for 8 years courtesy of Obama; T-90s or parts are made by at least three countries in the world that I can think of off the top of my head and no matter who gets pissed off at Iraq they will still be able to get parts for them.
The Abrams is a very maintenance intensive tank and it’s actually too heavy for many bridges in that part of the world. The T-90 is better suited for them and should we elect another Obama they won’t have to beg for parts. One example - the Abrams is powered by a very expensive, very complex jet turbine system that requires highly trained techs and lots of special tools to service and overhaul. The T-90 uses a V-12 diesel not unrelated to that found in Russian heavy trucks. Any jackleg mechanic that services heavy trucks can fix a T-90.