Dempsey is surprised by his return to Iraq: Iraqi politicians have failed to go beyond sectarian divisions

Dempsey is surprised by his return to Iraq: Iraqi politicians have failed to go beyond sectarian divisions

18/11/2014 (0:01 pm)

Baghdad / term

In the first visit to Iraq since the return of American troops later Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, whiny question of soldiers.
During a meeting at the weekend face of army soldiers and Marines varying formulas to Dempsey for fundamental question, namely whether the campaign that the United States supported in the organization of undermining “Daash” What prevents the recurrence after successful years from now?

Dempsey said that the only way for Iraq’s success in the long run is the ability of leaders to transcend sectarian divisions which failed to be achieved after the withdrawal of the American forces in 2011. He told Reuters: “To be honest with you I’m not surprised to be back.”
After three years from the withdrawal of US combat troops and take over the government, which is dominated by Shiites peace efforts of a small US force to help return again to stop the Sunni militants who threaten to invade Iraq.
For many Americans, such as Dempsey Valtoagd in Iraq raises the old memories. And in front of a crowd of soldiers asked Dempsey, who has served in Iraq, once or twice or three times in the past raised his hand to find the hands go up, which speaks for longer periods of up to four and five times.
Dempsey assured them that the current campaign is different because the troops farther from the fighting and less in terms of the number will reach its entirety to 3100 in the coming months, compared with 170 thousand troops during the rule of former President George W. Bush.
Dempsey said in an interview, “I want them to understand that this is not the case as it was before. This is not about the leadership that we are in any way, this is about Ptoukana aware of the danger that Iraq faced and looked forward to us to help him and his advice is extended.”
According to some critics in Congress that the job did not go far enough, and Dempsey himself admitted that there may be a need for US forces accompanied by Iraqi forces or Kurdish in fighting for air strikes through a complex process.
Dempsey soldier and asked whether the deployment is a combat operation in Iraq.
Dempsey said avoiding political sensitivities that US troops were sent in “a consultative role in the fighting.”
In the same context, Chuck Hagel said, the US defense secretary, said that his ministry will intensify its mission to train Iraqi forces to fight the “Daash” fighters relying on already existing in Iraq, while US forces to provide funding for a broader initiative.
Hagel told reporters Sunday during a visit to the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., Said the past few days have seen a move to special operations forces to the Iraqi province of Anbar to start work in the training programs.
Said Admiral John Kirby, a journalist and spokesman for the Department of Defense (Pentagon) later said about 50 members of the Special Operations forces are located in Ain al-Assad Air Base to work at the start of training tasks. The base was the headquarters for the US military presence considerably over the war in Iraq in the period from 2003 to 2011.
Hagel’s remarks came after he decided to Barack Obama, the US president suddenly on the seventh of November to double the number of American soldiers in Iraq, by adding 1,500 troops to establish sites for the training of nine Iraqi brigades and the establishment of two additional officers to advise the military leaders. Obama also asked Congress for $ 5.6 billion for the initiative, including $ 1.6 billion to train and equip Iraqi forces.
Officials initially said that Congress must approve the funding before it starts the new initiative. But Reuters said last Saturday that the US military already has a team of soldiers in the Ain al-Assad are working on a mission to expand faster than expected pivotal to the process in his campaign against al (Daash).
Hagel said that Gen. Lloyd Austin, the commander of US forces in the region recommended that US troops begin training with about 1,600 already in the country to provide advice to the Iraqi army.
Kirby said that about 12 countries pledged verbally supported training programs.
Said Hagel, “We agree with the recommendations of Gen. Austin to take some special operations, which has forces in Iraq and Nklvha some early tasks with Iraqi security forces in Anbar province in order to ensure the continuation of the mission and accelerated. He added that” Yes, we do all we can available to us to accelerate this resource. ”

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