"U.S. To Provide Arms To Iraq's Sunni Tribesmen" Topic
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Tango01 | 24 Nov 2014 10:10 p.m. PST |
"The United States plans to buy arms for Sunni tribesmen in Iraq including AK-47s, rocket-propelled grenades and mortar rounds to help bolster the battle against Islamic State militants in Anbar province, according to a Pentagon document prepared for Congress. The plan to spend $24.1 USD million represents a small fraction of the larger, $1.6 USD billion spending request to Congress focusing on training and arming Iraqi and Kurdish forces. But the document underscored the importance the Pentagon places on the Sunni tribesmen to its overall strategy to diminish Islamic State, and cautioned Congress about the consequences of failing to assist them…"
Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
Deadone | 24 Nov 2014 10:14 p.m. PST |
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Mako11 | 25 Nov 2014 12:26 a.m. PST |
Brilliant idea, since it worked out so well, last time (heavy sarcasm intended)! |
David Manley | 25 Nov 2014 6:04 a.m. PST |
Ironic that Tango has also posted a thread entitled "How U.S. Weapons Fall Into the Hands of Terrorists" |
Legion 4 | 25 Nov 2014 8:25 a.m. PST |
Have not we tried this before ? |
Great War Ace | 25 Nov 2014 9:36 a.m. PST |
Tried it before, we have. The Taliban still loves the weapons we provided for them many years ago…. |
Sigwald | 25 Nov 2014 1:14 p.m. PST |
This time it will be a holiday silent Santa affair; the Iraqi soldiers already have picked out the name of the ISIS militant that they will give their weapons to. |
Mako11 | 25 Nov 2014 9:32 p.m. PST |
Eventually, if we keep repeating the same process, it'll eventually work, right????? Or, is that just crazy talk? Like, the definition of insanity. |
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