US Sending More Troops to Iraq, Apache Helicopters and Cash

[Holly_Hobby]

The United States will send more troops to Iraq, potentially putting them closer to the frontlines to advise Iraqi forces in the war against Islamic State militants.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter made the announcement on Monday during a visit to Baghdad during which he met U.S. commanders, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, and Iraqi Defence Minister Khaled al-Obeidi.

About 200 additional troops will be deployed, raising the number of U.S. troops in Iraq to about 4,100, a senior U.S. Defense official said.

The Pentagon will also provide up to $415 million to Kurdish peshmerga military units.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-carter-idUSKCN0XF1ZP?il=0

[arcane1]

1. "Advise" Iraqi forces.

It's such a coincidence that forces in Iraq and Afghanistan are apparently the most untrainable in the entire world. We are constantly having to send more people there to "teach" them how to fight back against a home-grown enemy that doesn't appear to need any teaching at all.

And, of course, half a billion dollars gets thrown in.

[KG]

2. a scam the obama admin has been happy to perpetuate