After publicly grousing about the Iraqi government’s choosing of Iranian artillery support in its offensive against the ISIS-held city of Tikrit, the Pentagon is now loudly crowing at their own military involvement in the stalled offensive.
After the initial offensive stalled on the city’s outskirts, Iraq sought US air support for the fight, and the Pentagon granted it, and pushed tens of thousands of Shi’ite militias out of the way to do so. They’re touting this as Iraq choose them over Iran.
There’s more than a little hard feelings in this campaign, for after committing to launch airstrikes against Tikrit, the Pentagon is now presenting their involvement in the Iran-Iraq operation as a “humiliating defeat” for Iran.
Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren also mocked the Iraqi and Iranian officials for previously predicting a quick victory in Tikrit, declaring “obviously they were incorrect,” and insisting that if Iraq wanted reliable military support, they could only count on the US.
The message is clear, but the crowing could easily backfire if the Tikrit offensive remains stalled. Iraq couldn’t take Tikrit before, and now they’ve lost the bulk of their militia forces, which have been doing the heavy lifting in this fight. They may have airstrikes, but that’s far from a guaranteed victory.
Yet more evidence of the US policy of "controlled chaos". Uncle Sam wants to keep ISIS exactly where it is today. As long as it doesn't attack Kurdish oil fields or Baghdad, it can do as it likes.
"…Col. Steve Warren also mocked the Iraqi and Iranian officials for previously predicting a quick victory in Tikrit, declaring “obviously they were incorrect,”…"
And when you talk about being incorrect when it comes to quick and easy victories, the Pentagon has first hand knowledge, eh?
"Iranians suffer embarrassing defeat in Iraq"
This is right up there with the QUALITY reporting on Ukraine. Strictly bullshit for the retards at home, no relationship to the actual situation, directly from Ministry of Love.
It would be sad ,,, but modern "western" politicians' brains have shrivelled to such a degree (survival of the dumbest, right?) that they will actually believe those headlines and make the few plans they manage to make based on these fantasies. This can only lead deeper into disaster,
Clearly, being the second choice for the dodge ball team means you're the better player.