US to Provide More Troops, Attack Helicopters to Help Iraq Retake Mosul

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: Voice Of America

BAGHDAD — The U.S. is providing more than 200 additional U.S. troops and several Apache attack helicopters to assist Iraqi forces in their fight to retake Mosul from Islamic State, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced in Baghdad Monday.

“Everyone knows the fight of Iraq is the fight for Mosul,” a senior defense official said. “Mosul is the end game in Iraq.”

Iraqi forces began an offensive to retake the IS stronghold on March 24.

Carter traveled to Iraq Monday to talk with his commanders and Iraqi leaders about ways the U.S. can ramp up the fight against IS militants in Iraq and Syria.

Read more: http://www.voanews.com/content/us-secretary-of-defense-visits-iraq/3290079.html

[Gregorian]

1. How about we take the cost out of eveyone's salary who voted for the illegal invasion.

[latebloomer]

2. The Endless War

Which Hillary plans to enthusiastically continue.

[maxsolomon]

10. gotta get that Clinton shot in no matter what!

would you characterize Obama's efforts to support the Iraqi Military as "Enthusiastic"?

I'd go more for "Desultory" - he's doing the least possible, and mainly to avoid the collapse of the Iraqi state, because the Pretzeldent left Obama holding the bag. I expect that Clinton will do the same.

[OnyxCollie]

3. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Plucketeer]

4. “Mosul is the end game in Iraq.”

Yup! Just like everyone knows that I shit solid gold turds every morning!

[RR2]

5. But but but the war ended 13 years ago according to Fox Noise and GW Bush...

[hrc guy]

6. Fuck

And, if I might reiterate, Fuck

[Rafale]

7. Reminds me of a Chomsky quote

In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population. Noam Chomsky

Really hoping Sen Sanders wins. Really hope there will be a true change this time. Who here really believes we can effect the outcome of a global war between the Sunnis and Shi'ites? Now we are fighting wars just to maintain the Petrodollar system. We certainly don't need Iraqi oil, which was never a vital national interest.

[Tom Rinaldo]

8. Actually I wish them all luck

ISIS is fucking evil. Muslim forces are the ones doing 99% of the fighting. ISIS can't be allowed to just dig in and be there forever and this is an Arab mounted effort to defeat them. After what the U.S. did in Iraq to create the conditions for ISIS to emerge, an assist from us to defeat a mutual enemy, sadly, is warranted.

[Javaman]

9. our involvement in the Iraq war ended right?

it's so hard to tell these days.

[IcyPeas]

11. I thought we had the greatest military in the world

why can't we do anything right then?

all the money we spend on the military - how does it work exactly?

[hughee99]

12. Why did Carter travel to Iraq to talk with his commanders?

I've been told over and over that Obama got us out of Iraq in 2011.