McConnell Urges Assistance to Iraqi Government; Grimes Opposes Sending Troops to Iraq

By ADAM BEAM and BRUCE SCHREINER

World News • June 2014 • Views: 913

The Kentucky Republican warned Friday that failing to do so jeopardizes gains made by U.S. soldiers during the long war in Iraq.

McConnell did not specify what assistance the U.S. should provide.

Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, who is challenging McConnell in the November election, said she would not support sending U.S. troops back to Iraq. Grimes said the United States should play a supportive role by providing useful intelligence.

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7 comments

Dark_Falcon Jun 14, 2014 5:29:59am

Intell isn’t going to be enough and hopefully McConnell will make that clear. An Iraq run by ISIS is intolerable and if averting that outcome means air strikes (including carpet bombing ISIS columns if needed) or even an unofficial alliance with Iran, then that is what we must do.

Randall Gross Jun 14, 2014 6:51:43am

I have a different view after 13 years of watching Warfare and COIN ops I’ve come the the conclusion that the only way to really oust non state terror groups is for the locals to rise up against them. Ultimately it will be the Kurds and the Shia who get rid of ISIS.

nines09 Jun 14, 2014 8:17:32am

re: #2 Randall Gross

The reason the ISIS has made the gains they have is the people don’t like the present government and after years of Saddam and then us, who can blame them if they just run away? Remember that there never was a Iraq until the British created it from the defeated Ottoman Empire. The fracture lines today are all along that mistake. Look at it as a Middle East Yugoslavia and you get a better understanding of the dynamics. No strong man, no Iraq. And the other fact remains; If there was no oil and no money to be made, we would care not a lick what happened there. Now for the reasons we went into Iraq, well that depends on who you talk to, doesn’t it? I suggest Senator McCain and all the other enlightened liars who walked us into Iraq sign up, suit up, and go to Iraq. It seems we never learn.

shecky Jun 14, 2014 9:36:56am

Gains made by U.S. soldiers during the long war in Iraq?

nines09 Jun 14, 2014 10:09:52am

re: #4 shecky

Gains made by U.S. soldiers during the long war in Iraq?

Dead Iraqis.

Skip Intro Jun 14, 2014 2:42:41pm

re: #4 shecky

Gains made by U.S. soldiers during the long war in Iraq?

Saddam and his family are still dead, the infrastructure we destroyed stayed destroyed, the various factions that hated each other still hate each other, and there still is no functioning government. I have to score four out of four for the Bush Administration, and that was considered VICTORY!

Nothing has changed under Obama other than our troops aren’t getting killed and maimed there any more.

WTF more do John McCain and Lindsey Graham want?

nines09 Jun 14, 2014 3:39:12pm

re: #6 Skip Intro

The Victory that Bush had. You know. That one. Flight suit and all. Mission Accomplished. Back to looting the USA. Black Water and Halliburton and shadows and money and skin and, and, and…..Didn’t we win?
” WTF more do John McCain and Lindsey Graham want? ”
You know who to ask that loaded question, don’t you? Yep.
Lives. Not theirs. Yours. And THEM. You know. THEM. And those. On the Altar Of We Do Not Have A Fucking Clue What Has Been Pulled On Us Signed, John Q Public.

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