10,000 M-16 rifles, 100,000 ammunition magazines, hundreds of Hellfire missiles: US weaponry is pouring into Iraq at a rate not seen in years, as the Obama Administration attempts to arm the Iraqis for an invasion of Mosul.
The US provided a huge amount of weaponry to Iraq’s military over the course of its previous occupation, turning them into one of the best armed militaries in the region. It didn’t last.
When ISIS made their push into Mosul, Iraqi troops turned tail and ran, leaving much of their best weaponry behind for ISIS to loot. Iraq is now seeking a new set of arms to build a new army, and the US is once again lining up to provide it.
The latest influx comes as the Pentagon is openly talking about 25,000 Iraqi troops invading Mosul, the largest ISIS-held city, in an offensive that will begin in April or May. US ground troops are expected to play a combat role in this, likely for the first time in the current war.
ROOT CAUSE
And when corporate mainstream media brings this most self-gratifying news to mainstream America, namely the voting majority, specifically the educated upper half of society, most self-satisfied will they be in what they have accomplished. For they have voted into office the John McCain type of war-hawk politicians that know best how to execute, brutal imperialism, wars of aggression and in this case the maximizing of profit in the trading of Iraq oil for war materials made in USA.