Iraqi Prime Minister Hayder Abadi today reiterated his opposition to the use of any foreign combat troops in Iraq, saying that “no ground troops from any superpower, international coalition or regional power will fight here.”
Absent from Abadi’s comments are the foreign troops already in Iraq, which include a small number of Australian troops, US military advisers, and an unknown number of Iranian Quds Force fighters.
Abadi’s comments rather reflected an opposition to sending such troops of offensive missions to retake lost territory, and came with a warning for Sunni tribal leaders to give up on the idea of foreigners retaking the ISIS-held territory for them.
Ultimately, foreign troops are likely to be more of a case-by-case basis for the Abadi government, with discreet aid from Shi’ite ally Iran undoubtedly much more welcome than troops from Saudi Arabia, or other Gulf nations which have suggested involvement, but which aren’t on good terms with Iraq’s ruling Shi’ite government.
Yeah, like Abadi has any say on the issue or any power in his country.
This is nothing but double talk from another USG supported puppet.
USG already has (boots) in Iraq, along with thousands of private
(contractors). My guess is these (boots) and (contractors) are
doing more than (guarding) movie theatres and McDonalds within
the so-called Green Zone.
The Canadians are all excited about getting in on the fun. Six warplanes and 600 support personnel are on their way to Kuwait. At first Harper announced sending "advisers" for "30 days". A week later he announced sending war planes for 6 months. Nobody in Canada believes it will be only six months.
Harper's oily handlers still want Obomba to approve the Keystone XL. I expect killing and dying for the Empire is part of the deal.
I can't believe this Israeli-lackey Stephen Harper is still in power in Canada. What an about face from the last PM! No one has done more to change the face of Canada than this ugly, Islamophobic, jew-kissing turd.
Here is a good post re: ISIS intentions overall: http://journal-neo.org/2014/10/20/rus-kto-stoit-z…
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"…ISIS is going to strike southern Iraq with its rich reserves of oil and gas and then Baghdad since, after all, it was the capital of the Arabian caliphate. The next stop of ISIS militants will be Kuwait and the eastern regions of Saudi Arabia, rich in oil, and their final destination is Qatar and the UAE. Saudi intelligence services have finally figured it out, though it’s too late now, that it is easier for the United States to control the flow of hydrocarbons of the entire Persian Gulf from one centre, even if it is governed by the Islamic State, than to engage in complicated political games with a number of large regional players – Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Iran, the UAE, Kuwait and Qatar. And the fight has clearly begun."
It always astonishes me that the US government didn't use the money it's wasted on these Middle Eastern wars to build synthetic oil plants. But I suppose if they'd done so, all the oil producers who are now bitching at only getting $90 a barrel'd be thinking themselves lucky if they were getting $50.