While continuing to insist they are trying to keep their involvement limited to “advisory” operations, the Pentagon continues to pour military equipment into Iraq, with US combat troops on the ground to carry out this new Iraq War.
Today, the Pentagon is rushing Apache attack helicopters to Baghdad, along with more Shadow drones, couching it as a move to prepare for a possible evacuation of the US Embassy.
Yet far from being focused on the embassy itself, officials say the US ground troops will be operating the helicopter gunships to “protect US interests” in and around Baghdad.
The US had already done multiple escalations centered on the notion they needed to prepare to evacuate the US Embassy, but at this point the deployments seem centered around laying the groundwork for a long-term US military operation in the nation.
Those things are so damned ugly.
Function over form
How long until Collateral Murder II?
“…to prepare for a possible evacuation of the US Embassy.”
Dang, Saigon 1975 all over again.
Yet another case of Commander in Chief Obama doing the "moonwalk."
Pretext 101
"Those savages attacked our peaceful helicopter! We have to send in ground troops to find the perps."
Someone has to do it. What was the reason again for the US not selling fighter aircraft to Iraq's gov't?
Was it a fear of them "killing their own people!" (Copyright, trademark) or turning them on regional allies of the US?
We have treated the Iraqis like garbage for so long now and we are continuing to do so. How many destroyed nations in their vicinity are enough to make Israel happy?
It seems it has come to this.
The word "advisory" by itself is a mystery as the mission. USG is not going to use nither of fire power or solders on the ground because, two weeks ago the Qatari Amir warned USG about getting involved with ISIS saying that: USG is siding with others in Iraq. In the other hand the ISIS is part of the plan dividing Iraq and Syria and their mission is already approved by Neo liberals-USG-NATO-Neo cons. ISIS, as they have proclaimed, is about creating an Islamic stats from Iraq to Africa, therefore, if they are not stoped in Iraq then their plan will successed in a long and bloody war for years to come.
The main idea behind McCain posing with these barbarians and Barack Hussein Obama giving $500 million dollars worth of weapons and etc, is to promote and expend the Saudis, Qatari, Kuwaiti religious dictatorial system and ISIS is part of that. Stoping the unity between nations in Middle East for now and later is another, stoping the Russian and China politics, economic and cultural relations with Iran, Syria and Iraq is another but above all stoping the democratic progress in the region is the main idea.
Wow! Sounds good on paper but if I remember correctly these choppers didn't fare well for NATO in Kosovo (all those years ago) not for the Israelis in 2006.
In 2006 Hezbollah shot down practically every one the Israelis attempted to deploy in combat.
I read that if the Israelis hadn't given up trying to use these, the MANPADS would have shot down every one they had. Same with NATO/USA in Kosovo.
Pretty sure the "enemy" has thousands of these MANPADS and not old fashioned Stingers, either. Can you say IGLA? Ready for casualties? Better be.