THE DIVISION OF IRAQ…WHY IS ANYONE “SHOCKED”?
So, what “shocked” me today about the news from Iraq and the
fall of yet another major city; a city with
significant military importance… not just Mosul, but Tikrit!
I tell you what shocked me; it was the people who looked
into the lens and said, “I’m shocked at what has happened”!
Really??? Shocked?
If you were “shocked” by what is taking place in Iraq, then
you need to back to watching reality TV or reading a good fiction book.
From day one, the false image of a growing, modernizing Iraq Defense force
was nothing more than a contractor’s dream….equipment… training… Billions.
Billions of dollars and in the end, a force that takes off its uniforms and
drives away from the very public it was sworn to protect.
I’m not going to travel down the worn out road of describing
who the ISIS is or how they have grown to the point they could have pulled this
off…well… how they pulled it off is something I will address simply because I
want to.
As for who the ISIS is, I will leave that to the paid “talking
heads” on the networks!
Instead, let me take the time to give my explanation, theory,
as to how this happened so quickly and why the collapse of leadership in the so
called Iraqi force took place in a matter of hours, not after days of sustained
heavy combat.
Look, it’s truly just about this simple!
You can put new uniforms on a young man.
You can teach him how to march.
You can teach him how to almost take care of the weapon he
is allowed to have, but usually without ammunition.
You can even teach him how to look Simi proficient in an
exercise as his leadership and those who made money training them look on.
All of this will help you give the appearance of a force
that is viable and may even instil some hope or pride in an uninformed public
watching them march by.
But here is what you can’t buy from a contractor.
Here is what you can teach with one or two thirty minutes
speeches given by a leader who wakes up at 1000am, shows up to his office at
1200…stays until 3pm and then leaves to “go to a very important meeting”!
Pride…. Honor…. Dignity…. Respect…. And most of all….Patriotisms!
If a soldier is a soldier because it’s one of the better
paying jobs in the region…..a region that has few jobs by the failure of a corrupt
and dysfunctional government, then who can expect that soldier to stand fast
and give up their life for that government?
How does a soldier stand and fight for a leader they know is
no leader?
What makes a unit take a stand in Mosul if they believe all
that their leaders care about is gaining wealth and power?
Failure……. That is the end-state and those who put this
force together, like some fictional fighting unit right out of central casting
in Hollywood, knew it from day one; but then again…there was money to be made
and never get in the way of making money when those who place money before
pride, honor or their nation come to the table.
So, who were these ill prepared troops facing?
Are the ISIS members in Mosul for the money or social
status?
Did they drive towards Tikrit for the sake of sacking the
next bank full of US dollars?
What are they?
Are they fanatical fundamentalist?
Are they battle hardened warriors who have tested their
metal time and time again on the battlefields of Syria?
Do they have leaders who are just as skinny as they are?
Do they have leaders who have been beside them in countless
battles, many against a superiorly armed enemy utilizing ruthless tactics?
Do they follow their leaders because they only follow the
same religious dreams?
Are you starting to understand the difference?
This was a clash of battle hardened units driving towards a
group of well-dressed pretend soldiers with absolutely no professional leadership
and no honorable government leading by example.
What other result could anyone have imagined?
The outcome was preordained for years….from the very day the
fight in Syria became a Sectarian conflict……The Persians knew it…..the Ottomans
knew it and yest… the West knew it!!!
Before I let this topic go and begin to think about how to
address what might be ahead for Iraq, let me ask a simple question that once
again, I’ve not heard the “Professional Media” and all their talking heads
address.
How is it, that the most modern intelligence apparatus in the world, accompanied by the one of the
best human intelligence machines in the world….hint … I’m talking about the US
and the Iranians here…. Cold not detect a force of this nature closing on
Mosul?
Was this truly a “surprise”?
Was everyone truly “shocked”?
Or, did the progressive West....once again…just hoped this
would all go away?
How could this happened?
Shocked?
I don’t think so!
