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Old 06-13-2014, 09:37 AM   #26
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Originally Posted by paradoxjim View Post
Iraqi security forces are dropping their arms, shedding their uniforms and running. If their own army doesn't feel it's worth dying for, why should we send Americans there and ask them to make the Iraqi cause worth dying for? The militants are looking for pilots to fly US helicopters that were deserted by the Iraq army in Mosul - so they can shoot at American soldiers in the coming months?
The big dynamic here is that the security forces running are Shiite who were in charge of Sunni areas. That's why they have no loyalty...

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