Contested Iraqi city of Ramadi falls to Islamic State group

[kent]

These people won't fight to save their own skin so what the hell are we doing there?  Didn't they "have" an army of about 500,000 at one time or am I mistaken?

www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/contested-iraqi-city-of-ramadi-falls-to-islamic-state-group/ar-BBjSCLd

In part:

BAGHDAD (AP) — The Islamic State group seized control of the city of Ramadi on Sunday, sending Iraqi forces racing out of the city in a major loss despite the support of U.S.-led airstrikes targeting the extremists.


Online video showed Humvees, trucks and other equipment purportedly speeding out of Ramadi, with some soldiers gripping onto their sides. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered security forces not to abandon their posts across Anbar province, apparently fearing the extremists could capture the entirety of the vast Sunni province that saw intense fighting after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of the country to topple dictator Saddam Hussein.

The retreat recalled the collapse of Iraqi police and military forces last summer, when the Islamic State group's initial blitz into Iraq saw it capture about a third of the country. It also calls into questions American officials hopes of relying solely on airstrikes to support the Iraqi forces in expelling the extremists.

[mroped]

Draw down to nothing! Remove even the embassy. Bring all troops home!

We do not or should not need anything from there. Should cut our loses and be done with it. Too many lives lost and too much money spent. Enough it's enough!

[Tennesseer]

May 17, 2015 17:14:18 GMT -5 mroped said:

Draw down to nothing! Remove even the embassy. Bring all troops home!

We do not or should not need anything from there. Should cut our loses and be done with it. Too many lives lost and too much money spent. Enough it's enough!

We own the mess. Had the U.S. not invaded Iraq, the country and surrounding area would not be in the mess it is in.

[mroped]

I completely agree with you but at this point we can't make it any better unless we unleash hell on ISIS and that would anger the other countries that are in majority Muslim.
Political talk and people's actions and feelings tend to be diferent.

[djAdvocate]

May 17, 2015 15:47:50 GMT -5 kent said:

These people won't fight to save their own skin so what the hell are we doing there?  Didn't they "have" an army of about 500,000 at one time or am I mistaken?

yes, before we dismantled it. 

smooth move, USA.