Several Iraqi leaders have criticized the US for what they view as tepid support in the ongoing ISIS war, but the harshest criticism by far came today, from Qais al-Khazali, the head of the Asaib Ahl al-Haq, a powerful Shi’ite militia that has been active in the war.
Khazali said he believes the US isn’t serious at all about fighting ISIS because they have no intention of defeating the group in the near-term, saying the US wants to “exploit (them) to achieve its projects in Iraq and in the region,” saying the US wants regional repartition.
Khazali went on to say that the US is undermining Iraq’s fight against ISIS by pressuring the Abadi government to limit the involvement of the Shi’ite militias in fighting against ISIS in the Sunni dominated Anbar province. The US has been courting Sunni militias to handle that fighting.
So far, the Abadi government has complied with this, using the minor Sunni militias in Anbar, though some of the Shi’ite militias, notably the Badr Brigades, have said they were unwilling to fight in Anbar, saying they don’t believe the Sunni towns are worth shedding Shi’ite blood for.
Well said Qais al-Khazali. But that was clear from the day madmccain visited his bff, the "IS" grand caliph.
USG never was interested in fighting Isis, otherwise they would have helped Iran, Iraq and Syrian government to defeate the barbarians in just few weeks, it didn't surprised me at all when it was shown that USG plain sending weapons down to Isis held area calling it a mistake.
This has been obvious for some time. The US covert attitude to ISIS is that it regards ISIS as a yard dog which they wish to see terrorise and disrupt the neighbourhood, just like the rogue state of Israel does. Problem is that the yard dog is threatening to break into the house and attack the family. The inept US is trying to determine how to handle this when ISIS is turning on the Kurds and so-called Syrian rebels. Latest laugh is that the US is trying to distinguish between good and bad Syrian rebels. LOL you couldn't make it up!
The root cause of all this war hysteria in Iraq, surely it is the Shia war lords and their lust for owning all the crude oil.
Stop buying Shia oil, starve their war lords of the ability to wage war, that's what I always say.