There is little denying that the war against ISIS is going poorly, and everyone is looking for a scapegoat. Over the weekend, Defense Secretary Ash Carter placed the blame squarely on Iraq’s military, saying they simply aren’t willing to fight.
Iranian officials are feeling the loss of Ramadi too, but instead of blaming the Iraqis are placing the fault on America’s doorstep, with Gen. Qassim Suleimani declaring the US “has no will to fight” against ISIS and was leaving everything up to them and the Iraqis.
Gen. Suleimani’s comments were clearly meant to contrast to Carter’s own, and he added that the US “didn’t do a damn thing” to stop ISIS’ advance in Ramadi.
Iraqi Premier Hayder Abadi is finding himself in a tough position once again, aiming to dispute Carter’s assessment without trying to alienate the US by backing the Iranian sentiment and risking substantial losses in aid from either side.
Instead, Abadi is trying to downplay the seriousness of the loss of Ramadi, reiterating last week’s predictions that they will retake the Anbar capital in a matter of days. He dismissed Carter’s comments as the secretary being “fed with the wrong information.” He did, however, say that Iraq needs “more support” to make it happen.
And he's right as well, just as "Ash" is.
True. Iraqis won't fight for the government America set up there, and Americans won't fight any more in Iraq, can both be true. There is nothing mutually exclusive about them.
How dare those Iranians accuse the US of not fighting ISIS! What do they expect? America does not fight its friends; it supports them, even if it is done behind the scene, clandestinely. America supports ISIS and Israel opens its hospitals to ISIS wounded (for humanitarian purposes).
ISIS and America are two pees in a pod. They both love to pillage national heritage sites that their armies occupy – remember how the museums and sites were ransacked right after the US occupation of Iraq? It´s just the way they are, they can´t help it. Two pees in a pod.
Of course, the Iraqis won't fight ISIS. We and Israel think that we are so clever and they are so dumb that we can get the Muslims to kill each other for pennies, while we sit back out of range and laugh at the fools waiting until we can waltz in and take the spoils
…Gen. Qassim Suleimani declaring the US “has no will to fight” against ISIS and was leaving everything up to them and the Iraqis….that the US “didn’t do a damn thing” to stop ISIS’ advance in Ramadi….
Suleimani speaks the truth. ISIS was created and is supplied by the USSA because it serves USSA foreign policy interests and the so-called (ha! ha!) "fight" against ISIS serves the domestic policy of increasing surveillance and repression at home.
Nobody is right if everybody is wrong.
Yet when Iran ups it's involvement, the US complains that we're not getting enough recognition for whatever it is that we're doing over there.
Hey, Washington- Pro Tip: Wars are not fought from behind a desk. If you want to play, you have to get some skin in the game. If we're going to do this (not bloody likely), let's do this and get 'r done. If we're going to stand on the sidelines and criticize everyone else, we might as well pack our bags and leave Iraq- again.
Ashton Carter, another neocon moron!