Why the US is sending more troops to Iraq

[LuckyTheDog]

The United States will send 217 more troops, including special operations forces, to Iraq, the Associated Press reported Monday. The troops will serve as advisers and trainers to Iraqis as they struggle to fight the Islamic State group, aka ISIS.

This marks the first major increase in U.S. forces in nearly a year and will bring the total number of U.S. troops in Iraq to 4,087. The decision comes as the cash-strapped Iraqi forces are moving to retake the northern city of Mosul, which is seen as key to reclaiming control of the country.

The U.S. will also provide Apache attack helicopters and an additional Himars rocket system, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday during an unannounced visit to Baghdad. Carter’s stop in Iraq was part of a trip through the Middle East to ask U.S. allies for help with efforts to rebuild portions of Iraq that have been destroyed during the war against ISIS, NBC News reported.

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[arcane1]

1. 13 years later, and Iraqis still need "advisers and trainers" to fight their own untrained people.

Yeah right

[LuckyTheDog]

3. Quagmire

This is the best example ever for why the United States should avoid getting into overseas military quagmires. They can be really, really hard to get out of.

[Odin2005]

8. The problem is that the Iraq government is a bunch of sectarian idiots.

The big reason IS took over the Sunni Arab areas of Iraq so quickly is that the Sunni Arabs felt screwed over by the Shia-dominated government in Baghdad.

The disintegration of Iraq into 3 countries is quickly becoming inevitable.

[Else You Are Mad]

2. Because...

The military industrial complex needs endless sacrifices, err, I mean war, because it is never satiated. It needs war to make money.

[WDIM]

4. More money for the War profiteers. nt

[Paper Roses]

5. This war will not end in my lifetime. Where is the "pull out"? n/t

[HereSince1628]

6. It -IS- time to pivot & lean forward against the House of Saud, what with their blackmailing us

Although that won't be what they are used for.

[Iggo]

7. To help save Viet Nam from the Vietnamese?

Oh, wait...wrong war.