More Evidence of the Lack of US leadership

According to U.S. intelligence agencies the photos of the equipment transfers from Iraq to Syria were posted online by the ultra-violent terror group known as the ISIS that raided all the arms depots and vehicles belonging to Iraq’s Second Division, based in Mosul, which included a motorized brigade and several infantry brigades. The seized weapons are said to include tanks and helicopters but it’s not clear weather the ISIS has anyone capable of using these weapons. However there were also US Stinger missiles there and they could be used to take out Syrian military or civilian planes; as well as any other aircraft from other countries.

Pentagon spokesman Cmdr. Bill Speaks confirmed the weapons transfers and expressed concerns about the captured arms.

“We’re aware of reports of some equipment—namely Humvees—and the pictures that have been posted online,” Speaks said in an email. “We are certainly concerned about these reports and are consulting with the Iraqi government to obtain solid confirmation on what assets may have fallen into ISIL’s hands.”

Speaks added that the loss of the equipment to the terrorist group is “really a matter for the Iraqi government to speak to publicly” because “it is their equipment.” Really does that even matter!  That material, which we gave them, will eventually be used against us and it is this inept administration that allowed this to happen. Maybe Vice president Biden should have thought about this when he decided not to have a “Status of Forces Agreement” with Iraq.

The ISIS claims of setting up a Sunni based Caliphate will be an extremely powerful incentive to those with deep religious beliefs in advancing their goal of world domination. Further, the capture of a significant portion of Iraq and the “desertion” of the US trained Iraq military with embolden the ISIS and will surely enhance their recruiting efforts.

It can not be dismissed that this could lead to unrest in other parts of the global community.