Less than 24 hours after Defense Secretary Ashton Carter declared his disappointment in Iraqi troops, Canadian Defence Minister Jason Kenney announced that he felt the same way!
What a coincidence! Talk about being on the same page! One suspects they are literally on the same page, and that the actual sheet of paper containing Carter's talking points was couriered to Kenney's office immediately after that CNN interview.
The Harperite strategy of reflexive ass-kissing can leave Big Steve in the lurch at times. For example, in trying to impress the big boys in the Beltway with the sincerity of our anti-Iran rhetoric, former FM Bullshittin' Baird closed our Iran embassy.
There!
That'll teach 'em!
So two years later the Yanks are making kissy-face with the Persians, and Big Steve is outside the tent with his pecker in his hand.
Same with Ukraine. We had it pegged over a year ago here at Falling Downs; Why nobody's going to war over Ukraine. What's happening today? Nuland and Kerry were just over paying their respects to Putin, and apparently the word "Crimea" didn't even come up.
Which kinda leaves Big Steve and the Canadian Forces on their own in driving back the Russians.
Or not.
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Monday, May 25, 2015
Sunday, May 24, 2015
US miffed that Iraqis not enthusiastic enough about killing each other
That's the take-away from today's interview with Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on CNN.
Seems that after all the training we've given them and all the weapons we've given them, the one thing we can't give them is the will to fight. That's why the Iraqi army will abandon the vast stores of arms we've given them to ISIS and light out for the horizon at the first sign of trouble. There's just something innately cowardly in the Iraqi character...
That's why even if we give them billions more in weapons and training, it'll all go to waste without American boots on the ground.
That, in a nutshell, is where the latest propaganda initiative of the perpetual war crowd wants to take American public opinion, and this CNN spot is just the latest thrust in that propaganda war.
In reality, there may be something at work here other than a lack of will. Maybe ISIS wins their easy victories because they enjoy substantial popular support among the Sunni population. After all, why should they trust the Shia Government? Why should they trust the US? Why should they rise up against the Sunni resistance, aka ISIS, to further the interests of the US and Iran?
They're not cowards. They're just getting wise to the Washington interlopers who have destroyed their country.
And let's hope the American public gets wise too as the drum-beat for more war intensifies.
Seems that after all the training we've given them and all the weapons we've given them, the one thing we can't give them is the will to fight. That's why the Iraqi army will abandon the vast stores of arms we've given them to ISIS and light out for the horizon at the first sign of trouble. There's just something innately cowardly in the Iraqi character...
That's why even if we give them billions more in weapons and training, it'll all go to waste without American boots on the ground.
That, in a nutshell, is where the latest propaganda initiative of the perpetual war crowd wants to take American public opinion, and this CNN spot is just the latest thrust in that propaganda war.
In reality, there may be something at work here other than a lack of will. Maybe ISIS wins their easy victories because they enjoy substantial popular support among the Sunni population. After all, why should they trust the Shia Government? Why should they trust the US? Why should they rise up against the Sunni resistance, aka ISIS, to further the interests of the US and Iran?
They're not cowards. They're just getting wise to the Washington interlopers who have destroyed their country.
And let's hope the American public gets wise too as the drum-beat for more war intensifies.
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