CNN to criticize President Obama’s decision to withdraw troops from Iraq and not arming Syrian opposition
CNN to criticize President Obama’s decision to withdraw troops from Iraq and not arming Syrian opposition
Posted 11/10/2014 07:34 AM
Retired American officer said that the developments of the past few days show that the American military strategy applied in conflict with the organization ‘Islamic state’ ineffective,
Adding that the military officials push President Barack Obama to change, and considered that the existing crisis caused by a combination of factors, especially the withdrawal from Iraq and refused to arm the Syrian opposition.
Said retired Col. Rick Francona, military affairs analyst at CNN : ‘I’ve got a lot of things during the past two years, on the one hand there was the American withdrawal from Iraq, and it was our duty to keep the troops in that country, not to possess military capabilities on the ground, but also to monitor the course of things for the Iraqi army.’
He added: ‘If you add to that our decision not to support the rebels in Syria’s case, the result is a vacuum that allowed the return of the insurgency to al-Qaida in Iraq, which later moved to Syria. Thus, there is a set of events that caused these problems in the breed we are talking about today, which means that we can look back and say that President Barack Obama’s decision not to arm the Syrian opposition and the withdrawal of troops from Iraq brought us to where we are today. ‘
When asked whether Obama will offer to take more bold decisions in the future similar to the process of liquidation of al-Qaeda leader former, Osama bin Laden’s response Francona said: ‘I hope so, we need to be more positive decisions, now we are faced with the problem of limiting our capabilities, The lack of troops on the ground. ‘
He explained: ‘Even now we do not have to able to take advantage of air strikes that implement them, and it hurts us, I think the President needs to review this matter, and I wish I could say the defense minister, Chuck Hagel, and the Chief of Staff, speak to Obama and informed of the need to review this strategy because What we have seen during the past few days indicates that all what we have done over the past few weeks is not successful. ‘
And explain the American officer and his point by saying: ‘We have to organize Daash who still possesses the ability to move, not only in Syria, but in Iraq, too, have we thought that air strikes Stoagafh in Iraq, but that did not happen, the Iraqi army does not have the ability to eradicate this regulation, and therefore we have to change what we are doing.
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