Mike, The problem is not necessarily the cowardice of the Iraqi army. It all depends on who the members of that army were in northern Iraq. If most of the army members were Sunnis, then it would stand to reason that they were not going to resist their own brothers in faith.
The Iraqi army generals probably thought that it would be more acceptable to have Sunnis in the army to patrol their own homeland. But the generals failed to realize that tribal ties are still stronger than the national government. When ISIS came to town, the army members on patrol melted away in support of their brothers in faith. If the members of the army on patrol were Shiites, they did not resist since the people in northern Iraq are not part of their tribe and not their brothers in faith. It all comes down to tribalism, power, money and ignorance. And, one finds the product of evil, death and destruction. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote : The Iraqi army officers and enlisted were cowards. They feared being on the losing side and in their part of the world,. especially when dealing with Islam, that means losing your head. Better be safe and melt away, live to fight another day or melt away again. On Wednesday, August 27, 2014 9:39 AM, salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <jr_esq@...> wrote : Salyavin, IMO, ISIS and the Sunnis are one and the same. The so called militants are the Sunni fighters at night, figuratively speaking, and during the daylight they become the residents of the towns doing their ordinary tasks. Obama is correct in saying that this problem is an Iraqi problem. They have to let the democratic process take hold in their own culture and understanding. And who are the victims? The minority people of Iraq, including the Christians, who are attempting to live in peace in a troubled land. In the meantime, the kabal that is funding this mayhem is rejoicing in the money they're making by selling barrels of oil at very high prices to Europe, the USA and the rest of the world. Is this evil or what? Yup. I do think the whole cock-up is our fault, from the end of the Ottaman empire onwards we've connived and meddled in their affairs and finally in 2003 we set this little ball rolling. So I disagree that the Iraqi problem is theirs alone. We trashed their country and set up a hopeless puppet government that has failed miserably, there was hardly a thought for the aftermath in Blair's messianic vision of himself as the Iraqi saviour. When you break something you should pay for it. It isn't like they weren't warned, it isn't like this shit always happens... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <jr_esq@...> wrote : This is such an absurd turn of events. Why did the Iraqi army give up so easily against ISIS? IMO, the Iraqi army was infiltrated with sympathizers of ISIS. The officers of the army were probably paid off by ISIS to run away with their subordinates and leave the American vehicles and equipment to the militants. Maybe they were just scared? Maybe the US should put self-destruct devices in their next bunch of free gifts to the middle east.. It appears that the Iraqi army does not want to fight and are willing to be subjugated by the militants. In the end, they are willing to let the Christians and other minorities to be killed as sacrifices to the militant overlords. U.S. Airstrikes Destroy Millions Of Dollars In U.S.-Made Arms In Iraq http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/26/us-military-weapons-iraq_n_5718099.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/26/us-military-weapons-iraq_n_5718099.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592 U.S. Airstrikes Destroy Millions Of Dollars In U.S.... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/26/us-military-weapons-iraq_n_5718099.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592 By Missy Ryan WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - The grainy black-and-white footage shows a military vehicle, a small dark mass in the crosshairs of a U.S. w... View on www.huffingtonpos... Preview by Yahoo
