US and Iraq trade blame over fall of Ramadi

[kentuck]

Pentagon chief says Iraqi forces showed no will to fight ISIL, while senior Iraqi MP says the US has failed to help.

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US Defense Secretary Ash Carter has criticised Iraqi forces for showing no will to fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group during the fall of Ramadi, in comments dismissed as "baseless" by a senior Iraqi legislator.

Carter told CNN's State of the Union programme on Sunday that the Iraqi army failed to take on ISIL despite having a numerical advantage.

"The Iraqi forces just showed no will to fight...they vastly outnumbered the opposing force and yet they withdrew from the site," Carter said.

The comments were rejected by a senior Iraqi lawmaker, Hakim al-Zamili, who said the Pentagon chief's comments were "unrealistic and baseless".

..more at link

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/05/iraq-isil-ramadi-anbar-150524100705746.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. The finger poiniting

not that this is the first or last time that will happen.

[deathrind]

2. We broke it so...

Heckava job georgie...

[yallerdawg]

3. ISIL is Sunni.

Anwar Province is Sunni. Ramadi is Sunni. The Iraqi troops are Sunni.

The Baghdad government is Shiite. The Iraqi militias from Iran are Shiite. Iran is Shiite.

And it's all our fault!

[LittleBlue]

4. Obama made a total mess of this. Just like Libya and Ukraine

By arming the Syrian opposition, he further destabilized Syria by weakening the Assad regime. ISIS took advantage.

When Obama called ISIS the "JV team" he demonstrated zero understanding. Obama even admitted late last year:

"We don't have a strategy yet."

He doesn't know what he's doing, just like Libya and Ukraine

[840high]

5. ...^ that

[TwilightGardener]

6. If only they had Ass Carter's will to fight. He probably battled more senior bureaucrats

for a better parking space, for example.