"This was part of the plan all along to have some crisis created and then the troops would be there to protect the banks and change centers."
"Maliki is not a dictator, not a power hungry guy. He was put in place and is supposed to be in place and will be in power until the last instant before the RV happen"
what about the central bank that had half a BILLION dollars taken by the most extreme jihadists out there. Sorry, this was NOT part of the plan. Maliki has been begging the US for drones for over a year now but weve refused because of his crackdown on his political foes. He is Absolutely abusing his power, and its one of the main reasons this has happened.
There is nothing scripted about this. Its been a shockingly quick development due to Iraqis fleeing, and has been given a quick extra boost of weaponry and fighters. And this group has been bringing in jihadi recruits from all corners of the world, US and Europe included. Perhaps if Maliki didnt throw us out of Iraq in 2011 wed have remained a little longer to help shore things up....although Iran wanted us gone and Maliki owed them...damn politics.
This may prove to be a lesson for Afghanistan. We want to bring our guys home, but at the expense of a decade plus of War being a total bust if the Taliban retake control (totally within the realm of possibility).
