Russia steps up where US fell down

[DrLeftover]

9 July

Little noticed among the disturbing tableau of images coming out of Iraq in recent weeks is a changing of the guard evident at the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). As the crisis has deepened, U.S. contractors, U.S. Embassy personnel and most of the U.S. service members from the embassy’s Office of Security Cooperation have abandoned the threatened capital. The exodus has coincided with Russian contractors and support personnel pouring into BIAP to help launch the 25 Russian SU-25 warplanes that Moscow is rushing to Iraq in its hour of need.

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The retreat of U.S. contractor and embassy personnel, and failure to follow through in a timely fashion on U.S. promises of military equipment for Iraq, is feeding a widespread narrative of declining American influence and commitment to the Middle East. The perceived power vacuum as the U.S. military presence wanes has been noted by adversaries and allies alike.

The perception of a U.S. retreat from the region was reinforced by the Obama administration’s failure to follow through on promised military strikes against Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria after it used chemical weapons last year, emboldening Assad’s security forces and badly demoralizing the more moderate Syrian rebel factions. Those secular Syrian rebel groups last week threatened to lay down their weapons altogether if more military equipment and support was not forthcoming.

http://news.yahoo.com/how-the-u-s--is-letting-russia-beat-them-to-the-punch-on-military-aid-to-iraq-203343350.html

 

[Jazzy]

Let the Russians spend their money there. We need to get out and stay out. It's a hole that has no bottom. We wasted trillions of dollars helping people who don't want to help themselves. The Russians went belly up over Afghanistan. Let's see how long they last, eh?

We must withdraw our troops and start to save our borders from the illegals crossing. We also need to deport all illegals in this country. No more allowances. Amnesty only encourages more to come. Bring the troops in and start taking care of the American people for once. We should start immediately deporting illegals. Deport them and then we will have cleaned out a large percentage of jail population that the U.S. taxpayers are paying for.