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Iraq PM, Will Buy Russian Jets Instead In War Against ISIS
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:34 am
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:34 am
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As BBC reports, citing Maliki, "Jets from Russia and Belarus will hopefully make a key difference in the fight against ISIS in Iraq." He expressed regrets over Iraq's contract with the US, saying their "jets are taking too long to arrive."
"God willing within one week this force will be effective and will destroy the terrorists' dens," he told BBC Arabic.
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"I'll be frank and say that we were deluded when we signed the contract [with the US]," Maliki said. "We should have sought to buy other jet fighters like British, French and Russian to secure the air cover for our forces; if we had air cover we would have averted what had happened," he went on.
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Ironically, this also means that, at least optically, the US is now alligned with Russia as well as Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia in the "all against one" fight against ISIS which continued to consolidate its territory in Iraq and Syria.
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What it really means is that Obama has asked, and is about to get $500 milllion more to arm ISIS and its al-Qaeda peers in Syria, which in turn the Iraq air force will now use Russian jets to bomb.
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Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:37 am to BeaverPRO
They're going to teach their pilots to fly Migs in one week, or are they buy Russian pilots too?
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:38 am to BeaverPRO
Who's going to teach these morons to fly/service these Russian jets? And quickly enough to stem ISIS' tide?
lulz
lulz
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:39 am to BeaverPRO
Because a MIG is so effective against a non-state actor like ISIS.
Your troops quit because they have nothing worth fighting for. Air cover won't do anything about that.
Your troops quit because they have nothing worth fighting for. Air cover won't do anything about that.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:42 am to BeaverPRO
Zerohedge.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:42 am to Wolfhound45
Iraqi forces were spoiled fighting along US forces with 24/7 air support. They're not used to actually having to hold their ground or assault through an objective.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:42 am to BeaverPRO
Thanks Obama 
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:43 am to davesdawgs
Don't we have some A-10s for sale?
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:44 am to BeaverPRO
Those fricking idiots can't fly the jets they've had for years. How the hell do they expect to have these operational in a week? Unless Russian airmen are personally going to be fighting in Iraq, those dumbfricks are going to continue to get bent over by the ISIS and Obama will continue to fund them.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:45 am to Wolfhound45
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Your troops quit because they have nothing worth fighting for. Air cover won't do anything about that.
Boom.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:47 am to BeaverPRO
So we give them training/equipment for free, and then they contract with Russia and other nations. Hmmmm.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:48 am to Navytiger74
Putin is just trying to punk Barry again.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:49 am to GeauxxxTigers23
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Don't we have some A-10s for sale?
The warthog is my all-time favorite military aircraft. From what I've read its a relatively simple plane to fly.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:50 am to BeaverPRO
I'm sure this will work considering their main military airport will belong to ISIS by Sunday.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:52 am to kingbob
That's why I linked the militarized crop duster plane.
It's easy to operate, can land anywhere, and can carry a shite ton of weight. It's not fast but who cares if all you are doing is close air support.
It's easy to operate, can land anywhere, and can carry a shite ton of weight. It's not fast but who cares if all you are doing is close air support.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:53 am to kingbob
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I'm sure this will work considering their main military airport will belong to ISIS by Sunday.
This. Moot point.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:56 am to GeauxxxTigers23
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e they buy Russian pilots too?
Quite likely, Russian planes are "bought", Iraqi color schemes are painted on planes, Russian pilots don Iraqi uniforms, Russian ground crews come with the planes. Russians drop bombs on Sunni villages. Or Iranian pilots could be used, and there may be some old Iraqi pilots that flew the Migs before Saddam fell.
Again just need to drop bombs on Sunni towns, nothing too complicated.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:57 am to GeauxxxTigers23
Sounds like he is bluffing ISIS.
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:59 am to GeauxxxTigers23
too late to buy bullets when you can see them coming over the hill
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