The loss of important parts of Iraq’s northwestern Nineveh Province to ISIS have a number of Congressional hawks pushing again for aggressive US action, starting with arms and aid to the Kurdish Peshmerga fighters who are facing down ISIS in the region.
The ISIS push into Nineveh began in June with the sacking of Mosul, and now they are aiming to take the last (Kurdish-held) border region with neighboring Syria, which would effectively give ISIS control over the entire border, and most of both sides.
Kurdish media were reporting assurances from the US about a plan to arm and provide them air support coming, and former US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said his understanding was that such aid was already being provided.
The Pentagon insisted that’s not the case, saying there has been no coordination of air attacks in Iraq whatsoever, though the White House confirmed intelligence sharing with the Iraqi military and the Peshmerga on the ISIS fighting.
The Peshmerga has had some success in fighting ISIS up until this past weekend of fighting, and seems to be able to defend its heartland successfully, though the loss of territory along the Syrian border could threaten Kurdish factions in Syria’s northeast as well.
How long before the US starts arming and supporting ISIS because, well, they both want to overthrow Assad and nothing is more important than that to the US, next to overthrowing Putin of course. How about bringing about some regime change in israel, huh Wolfoschlitz?
McCrazy and his cohort in stupidity Grahamcrackers (and their little poodle Ayotte) have already advocated (and ranted and raved) supporting ISIS against Assad – though they weren't called that then – they were just, what…Freedom Fighters? – but they are the same people. Has anyone asked Johnny Mac about that lately?
'Course not.
Everyone needs to be armed against these Saudis barbarians which are the creation of USG, from Iranian government to Syrian, Iraqi and Lebanese governments need to be armed by USG for free.
Free because these elements are from another world of caliphate, because they are barbarians, because they are fascists, because they the worse human being there is and therefore they need to be eliminated by everyone.
Wherever za oil or gas, Zamericans and their flunkies strike. Ukraine, (fracking) gas off the coast of Gaza, northern Iraq, attacking with their terrorist proxies and their bulls*it stories and facilitated thru the corporate MSM mouthpieces with taxpayer obeisance.
Nothing like fascismo.