Iraq continues to engage in an open-ended bloody conflict with al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), attacking AQI targets in Anbar Province while AQI bombs tear through the rest of Iraq. It’s a horrible mess, so naturally the US wants in on it.
State Department official Brett McGurk testified at the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Iraq, declaring AQI “is an army” and that the US needs to give Iraq security support to contend with them.
Loaded with hawks, the Foreign Affairs Committee is needless to say all for intervention, pushing the idea of speeding up arms shipments, condemning Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for being too close to neighboring Iran, and suggesting the US may send “advisers” for the Iraqi military.
Of course, sending military forces to insinuate themselves into Iraq’s new war under any name is just a stepping stone toward a new US intervention in the country, and that any boots on the ground in a combat situation will inevitably become “combat troops” no matter what they’re called.
Iraq has been desperate to buy weapons by the billions from the US for quite some time now, and while those deals are moving forward, Iraq is also looking for a pact with Iran to buy some arms.
Bush is responsible for this 'horrible mess'. There was no established al-Qaeda in Iraq
before his 2003 invasion. His cause for war was based on misinformation and blatent lies.
Iraq is in complete shambles. Bush, when asked about this 'horrible mess', the cowpoke
quipped, the Iraqi people are better off now than before his invasion. At least they're
living in a (free) society. (expletive deleted).
the hell with Iraq. we was their and alot of men and women died. stay out and let them kill each other. its our tax money we our giving away. think about our country. our government sucks and needs to be taken care of WE THE PEOPLE need to start to stand our ground….l