The 2008-2009 Iraqi Army had a lot of very high-end US weaponry and vehicles. It was the best weaponry money (and a lot of taxpayer aid) can buy, and that gear was the envy of the region.
The late 2014 Iraqi Army wishes they had those kind of arms, and is pushing the US to sell them some again. The US isn’t keen on that idea, however, after what happened to the last military’s worth of gear.
US officials are reportedly reluctant to sell Iraq a new collection of high-end weaponry because a large chunk of the weapons that were there a few years ago were abandoned by Iraqi troops in retreat and looted by ISIS.
Now, US warplanes are swarming over Iraq trying to blow up all those vehicles they sold/gave to Iraq the last time, and with no real guarantee that the same thing won’t happen again, the new shipments will remain a tough sell.
The USG learning the lesson of its stupidity? That's a big wait and lets see.
…my confidence in USg will recover when whichever USg employees that managed to launder the last batch of arms to 'ISIS'isusisez is hanged in Times Square.
You know, the last Iraq war didn't see anyone burned at the stake or even fired, really, over here. Strangely, both the Pashtun nationalist movement that may or may not be properly called 'Taliban' and the current set of enemies du jour in Iraq benefited from US funds/arms. If we're stuck enjoying the police state 'necessitated' by the new toys sold to it, it really should be executing about one traitor a week. …starting in Feith's old office… Glorious 1937 again!
Demand your Bread and Circuses… …wisely.
US officials are what? Reluctant to sell weapons? Talk is cheap, everyone knows they would sell the latest state-of-the- art weapons to the Devil.
We won’t sell war machines to Iraq because they may become high value targets for us to bomb?
Not hardly, for it matters not what Iraq does with our war materials after our tankers have hauled away all the crude oil we received in payment, actually giving it away to our enemy is the best money maker ever. As blowing up such war plunder gives our war materials industry double the opportunity to sell replacements due to it causing double the explosions.
We won’t sell war machines to Iraq because they may become high value targets for us to bomb?
Not hardly, for it matters not what Iraq does with our war materials after our tankers have hauled away all the crude oil we received in payment, actually giving it away to our enemy is the best money maker ever. As blowing up such war plunder gives our war materials industry double the opportunity to sell replacements due to it causing double the explosions.