Iraq asks for US ground troops as Isil threaten Baghdad

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

Rock meets hard place. We don't send troops, we lose. We do send troops, we lose...again. I guess we could call them "advisers" or "specialists" or "bootless tourists".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/11156264/Iraq-asks-for-US-ground-troops-as-Isil-threaten-Baghdad.html

Iraqi officials have issued a desperate plea for America to bring US ground troops back to the embattled country, as heavily armed Islamic State militants came within striking distance of Baghdad.

Amid reports that Isil forces have advanced as far as Abu Ghraib, a town that is effectively a suburb of Baghdad, a senior governor claimed up to 10,000 fighters from the movement were now poised to assault the capital.

The warning came from Sabah al-Karhout, president of the provisional council of Anbar Province, the vast desert province to the west of Baghdad that has now largely fallen under jihadist control.

The province’s two main cities, Fallujah and Ramadi, were once known as “the graveyard of the Americans”, and the idea of returning there will not be welcomed by the Pentagon.

[beaglelover]

1. Suck it Iraq! nt

[flamingdem]

2. No, they did NOT ask for troops, just one guy did

The warning came from Sabah al-Karhout, president of the provisional council of Anbar Province, the vast desert province to the west of Baghdad that has now largely fallen under jihadist control.

This news is a week old and this guy is not what you'd call government representative and more than a mayor or some such.

[louis-t]

3. On the one hand, our idiot former president

and his henchmen did fuck up their country pretty good. On the other hand.....no.

[morningfog]

4. Not a surprise at all.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Not unless we think they have WMD's hidden away.

Sorry.