Every learned analyst knows that the Islamic State is losing, but it sure camouflages it well.
“Iraq lost 2,300 Humvee armoured vehicles in Mosul: PM,” AFP, May 31, 2015:
Iraqi security forces lost 2,300 Humvee armoured vehicles when the Islamic State jihadist group overran the northern city of Mosul, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday.
“In the collapse of Mosul, we lost a lot of weapons,” Abadi said in an interview with Iraqiya state TV. “We lost 2,300 Humvees in Mosul alone.”
While the exact price of the vehicles varies depending on how they are armoured and equipped, it is clearly a hugely expensive loss that has boosted IS’ capabilities.
Last year, the State Department approved a possible sale to Iraq of 1,000 Humvees with increased armour, machineguns, grenade launchers, other gear and support that was estimated to cost $579 million.
Clashes began in Mosul, Iraq’s second city, late on June 9, 2014, and Iraqi forces lost it the following day to IS, which spearheaded an offensive that overran much of the country’s Sunni Arab heartland.
The militants gained ample arms, ammunition and other equipment when multiple Iraqi divisions fell apart in the country’s north, abandoning gear and shedding uniforms in their haste to flee.
IS has used captured Humvees, which were provided to Iraq by the United States, in subsequent fighting, rigging some with explosives for suicide bombings….
Angemon says
Yeah, “lost”…
spot on says
2300 armored Humvees…total US arms aid to ISIS must be $$$billions. (2300 X $500,000? = $1.15 Billion alone. Add to this, who knows what else, everywhere else. Now they also own much of the oil we gave back to Iraq. Who or what is watching the store. Nobody?.
Shane says
Obama would rather let Iraq become part of a larger Caliphate then do what is necessary to defeat ISIS. If Shillary becomes our next President, then ISIS will conquer Iraq and Syria and become a much bigger threat than it is today.
Lee Hicks says
The fact is that before Obama took office and was determined to pull out U.S. troops at any cost, Iraq was under control. Even he and Biden claimed a victory there, as though they had anything to do with the state of things then.
The Iraqi Army has never been ready for prime time, and tossing them out to sink or swim was not only irresponsible, but was (I believe) a calculated move to allow Islam to flourish and the U.S. to diminish. To pretend that there is any ability of the Iraqis to defeat a brutal enemy such as ISIS only shows the depths that Obama will descend to, in order to damage American interests abroad.
In addition, I believe that ISIS is proving to be more of a problem than he or his “experts” anticipated, and much like dealing with a rabid dog, he can’t figure out how to put it down. He wants Islam to expand and grow, but doesn’t want it to be in the nature of an enemy that issues death threats his way, as well. I believe that this is one of the problems that the coming Mahdi/Antichrist will have in leading a revived Ottoman empire as well. There will be divisions and infighting in his Caliphate, and I believe that groups like ISIS will be a pain in his rear to deal with as well.
The only answer for Iraq (if we are really seeking a solution there) would be to attack ISIS by land, sea, and air, killing and eradicating them as you would do with rabid animals. This is a war that the U.S. could win once again, if the populace here had an appetite for it. That, plus a long-term stabilizing force would not only stabilize Iraq, but would give a plaform for a President with friendly ties to Israel to mount a combined defense against hostile Arab and Islamic neighbors, giving security to Israel as well.
Will this happen? No, I don’t think there is an appetite for another extended conflict in that area from the American public, or from the leadership. Without such a move, there is little to stand in the way of the coming Tribulation events centered in the Middle East, including the re-formation of the Ottoman Caliphate, the coming of the Mahdi/Antichrist and the False Christ/False Prophet, as well as the events that Israel will be subject to.
In a very real way, Obama and his administration have set the stage for all of the above to move forward.
Sabri S. says
Keep believing that BS infidel sheeple…anyone dumb enough to think that
Sadam hussein had nuclear weapons is dumb enough to believe ISIS is losing…
I guess they keep growing by accident….oh, maybe because of ISLAM…Isis is comprised
Of native iraqis, and foreign jihadists who are willing to die before they let American
Imperialists win…never…
Champ says
“Satanic S.lave” serves as Exhibit A, here in the comments section, as he demonstrates just how evil mohammedans can be; and he also reminds us *why* we need to stay the course and fight this evil: islam!
Angemon says
The dunce posted:
“anyone dumb enough to think that
Sadam hussein had nuclear weapons”
Which was a claim not made by anyone ever, and I believe no one here would believe it anyway. But thank you for proving to us, again, that your towel is wrapped too hard and affecting the flux of blood to your brain, all of which ends up going to the sore crust in the middle of your head. Hard to do rational thinking in such a state, I guess.
“is dumb enough to believe ISIS is losing…”
Which I believe no one here does.
“Isis is comprised
Of native iraqis, and foreign jihadists”
When will you join them? Oh, wait, you’re one of the hypocrites – you claim to be a muslim, and you try to foam from the mouth as one, but when push comes to shove, when you get a chance to prove your devotion by joining the jihad, you puss out like a bitch. Do you not know your own sources?
Hadith #2763, Sunan Ibn Maja
“It was narrated by Hisham ibn ‘Ammar from al-Walid from Abu Rafi’a, who was Isma’il ibn Rafi’a, from Sumayy, mawla Abu Bakr from Abu Salih from Abu Hurayra, who said that the Messenger of God, who said: ‘The one who meets God without a mark on him from [jihad] in His path [fi sabilihi], he will meet Him [God] with a deficiency [laqiya Allah wafihi thulma].’”
I think I’m going to start refering to you as “the deficient muslim” now.
“who are willing to die before they let American
Imperialists win…never…”
Ah, that must have been the reason they kept their heads down and said “Yes, sir. May I have the honor of wiping your boots? How many American dollars will you pay me to do so?” when Americans were around. The cockroaches crawled from under the rocks AFTER the Americans left. It’s nice to talk all mighty in the comfort of Western luxury, surrounded by “decadence”, “filth” and “immorality”, but the truth is that you’re just as much of a coward as your correligionists in the ME. Now go back to jerk to animal porn, deficient muslim.
Susan says
Thanks
again for another brilliant response to another brainwashed fool. I like that “deficient muslim”.
momdaar 13 says
Am I the only person who thinks that this giving arms and state of the art equipment to People who drive them up to the front lines and then get out of them and take off running is not a plan to actually provide arms and ammo to the ISIS fighters? Obama’s whole reaction to what is going on in the world appears to be promoting the enemies of the USA and the free world. Ask yourself. Why is he doing this? He knows just about everything he gives to either side always ends up with the Islamic extremists. Is this a plan to arm our enemies while making the American people think he is just dealing with inept cowards? It’s time someone start asking serious questions.
Sabri S. says
The only answer is to send every us military personnel back to
Your garbage infidel country in a casket!!….you didn’t go back to
Lebanon after they blew you out in 1983…point proven….
The world is changing infidel…deal with it! Islam will dominate the world,
and humanity will thrive for the betterment of everyone…not just
Your privileged Kaffir elites…ALLAH U AKBAR!!!!
Champ says
The only answer …
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Considering the source, that’s where I stopped reading …
dsinc says
In your dreams. Kaffirs have brains, not cavities filled with allah/muhammad mush. Mahometans have never won.
KAFFIR U AKBAR
januk36 says
Before seeng a thriving humanity I would like to see a thriving islamic culture. That would convince me that there might be one albeit slight chance of upscaling the bliss to humanity.
Where is you bar ?
solsticewitch13 says
the “deficient muslim” bleets,,, Islam will dominate the world,
and humanity will thrive for the betterment of everyone…not just
Your privileged Kaffir elites…ALLAH U AKBAR!!!!
Geeze you guys are inbred savages who can barely read,,,
https://muslimstatistics.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/800-million-muslims-out-of-1-4-billion-are-illiterate-dr-farrukh-salem/
and you wan to rule the world?? islam is a mental illness.
imagine a world without islam!!!
YESSSS!!!
solsticewitch13 says
You guys keep inbreeding to 1st cousins,, eventually your genetics will make you self destruct,,,
http://thechroniclesofislam.blogspot.ca/2009/03/inbreeding-and-its-effects-on-genetic.html
I quote,,,
Could the practice of interbreeding be the key to the success and longevity of Islam?
Could it be that the genetic and mental illnesses borne of interbreeding are a factor in the unquestioning nature of the majority of Muslims regarding spirituality?
It appears to me now that the long term effects of inbreeding within predominantly Muslim populations has had a continual and sustained effect on the intelligence of Muslim populations over the past 1400 years.
This conclusion also raises new problems. Centuries of inbreeding with its deleterious effects on these populations is not going to be something that can be fixed “overnight”.
I think now that what we may be witnessing is a segment of the human species which is devolving.
And you psychotic nutbars wanna take over the FRICKIN WORLD!!!!
The lights would go out FOREVER on this planet.
You freaks would mass extinct the animal world like you do in your crap hole sharia countries.
Without Infidel aid to feed your over breeding populations you morons would starve to death. You can even control your inbred populations and destroy your own environements.
David says
Well put, Lee Hicks!
JamesonRocks says
And the short-term winners are the manufacturers and sellers of more equipment to replace what was “lost.” Repeat as necessary.
Sabri S. says
Keep believing that BS infidel sheeple…anyone dumb enough to think that
Sadam hussein had nuclear weapons is dumb enough to believe ISIS is losing…
I guess they keep growing by accident….oh, maybe because of ISLAM…Isis is comprised
Of native iraqis, and foreign jihadists who are willing to die before they let American
Imperialists win…never…
Angemon says
The dunce posted:
“anyone dumb enough to think that
Sadam hussein had nuclear weapons”
Which was a claim not made by anyone ever, and I believe no one here would believe it anyway. But thank you for proving to us, again, that your towel is wrapped too hard and affecting the flux of blood to your brain, all of which ends up going to the sore crust in the middle of your head. Hard to do rational thinking in such a state, I guess.
“is dumb enough to believe ISIS is losing…”
Which I believe no one here does.
“Isis is comprised
Of native iraqis, and foreign jihadists”
When will you join them? Oh, wait, you’re one of the hypocrites – you claim to be a muslim, and you try to foam from the mouth as one, but when push comes to shove, when you get a chance to prove your devotion by joining the jihad, you puss out like a bitch. Do you not know your own sources?
Hadith #2763, Sunan Ibn Maja
“It was narrated by Hisham ibn ‘Ammar from al-Walid from Abu Rafi’a, who was Isma’il ibn Rafi’a, from Sumayy, mawla Abu Bakr from Abu Salih from Abu Hurayra, who said that the Messenger of God, who said: ‘The one who meets God without a mark on him from [jihad] in His path [fi sabilihi], he will meet Him [God] with a deficiency [laqiya Allah wafihi thulma].’”
I think I’m going to start refering to you as “the deficient muslim” now.
“who are willing to die before they let American
Imperialists win…never…”
Ah, that must have been the reason they kept their heads down and said “Yes, sir. May I have the honor of wiping your boots? How many American dollars will you pay me to do so?” when Americans were around. The cockroaches crawled from under the rocks AFTER the Americans left. It’s nice to talk all mighty in the comfort of Western luxury, surrounded by “decadence”, “filth” and “immorality”, but the truth is that you’re just as much of a coward as your correligionists in the ME. Now go back to jerk to animal porn, deficient muslim.
Avenger says
Why did the Bush Administration leave behind 2,300 Humvees in one city alone!? How much other military hardware did we give to that flea bag Muslim nation? Like I said on other blogs, ISIS will be using U.S. made explosives too level the Pyramids of Egypt in the near future. The feeble minded George Bush Jr. has gravely damaged this nation militarily and economically, it will take decades to recover.
Sabri, your feeble caliphate formed decades too soon. It will be destroyed and I pray to God that you will be there trying to defend it.
Don McKellar says
George the Idiot built the bonfire, stacked it sky high with American Taxpayer money and American soldier bodies. Then Obama the Moslem dumped gasoline on it and lit it on fire.
Will either stand trial and be held to account? Don’t hold your breath.
Don McKellar says
It would be interesting to see a running tally on how much money in equipment the Islamic State now has courtesy of the United States Taxpayer. What did 2,300 armored Humvees cost, for example?
Avenger says
Don, there are videos out where our ISIS boys are driving around M1-A Abrams tanks and have the latest anti tank missiles to destroy Assads remaining heavy armored vehicles.
Who gave them this advanced weaponry and who trained them? Most likely our brainiac Obama State Department and the lunatics John McCain and Lindsey Grahm.
The louse infested Sabri is correct more often than not. The West should rid itself of its Muslim parasites and the ONLY Western presence in the Middle East should be exploding ordinance.
Sabri S. says
My “feeble caliphate” has tripled in size in just over a year.
It has fighters from over 30 countries, including America.
It gets a steady stream of weapons and ammo from every
American defense contractor in existence. And your military
And installed Shi’ite regime will be destroyed…far from feeble
Kaffir…ISIS will be the last rat standing, but anything is better
Than American and zionism occupation…ALLAH U AKBAR!!
Don McKellar says
I always wonder if people like Sabri S. are actually mad dog moslems or simply trolls posting as mad dog moslems. I guess it doesn’t matter very much.
Here’s to you and the Pigsucker Muhammad, may dog piss be upon him.
Avenger says
Without military and economic backup from the USA and the EU, your ISIS would be buried. The nations you hate so much are using your rat brained killers to destroy Assad and keep Iran from going to war with Israel. China has 1,600,000,000 people, that number would be neutralized with advanced weaponry should it go to war with any other global superpower. So the trickle of ISIS wannabes going to the ME is a very good thing, I just wish all Muslims would do the same.
Westman says
Sabri S,
There are other societies, non-integrating with Muslims, in the world, China, India, Japan, Vietnam, North Korea, and Russia that won’t hesitate to take ont the entire Middle East if the threat becomes great enough. China, India, and Russia don’t have to cross any oceans.
You shouldn’t worry about the US because of it’s reluctance to use scorced earth war policies like ISIS.
It does seem likely that there will be civil strife in Europe over Islam. How many cars can Muslims burn before organized reprisals begin?
When the time comes India, which is becoming very tired of arrogant Muslims, will take over Pakistan. Islam is the big burr under the saddle of India; enough that the two countries periodically rattle their nukes at each other. Given the tremendous population of India there is no doubt about which country would prevail.
Long after I’m gone, China which is militarily, materially, and intellectually superior to the entire Middle East, sans Israel, will be knocking on Islam’s door. They are not religious and will have no second thoughts about genocide if militant muslims attack them.
Islam thinks it’s the big kid on the block, loving to quote its 1.5 Billion, but in reality all of its capable conscriptible worldwide fighting force doesn’t equal 8% of the entire world population. The US is only its temporary problem. The big dogs, that despise Islam, will be coming later.
The future of the Da’wa and militant Jihad of Islam is finished. The road is running out ahead as the world gets less tolerant of Islam; the Ummah just haven’t yet realized it.
Islam is not a fit ideology for the interdependent future of nations.
Angemon says
The deficient muslim posted:
“ISIS will be the last rat standing”
Do not insult rats by comparing them to the creatures composing the islamic state.
Also, when will you join them, deficient muslim? Oh, wait, you’re just a hypocrite. You tak about the caliphate and jihad but you don’t actually plan on risking your life in combat – too scared of being killed by an American drone or a Kurdish woman, eh? The “brave” mujahideen is scared s***less of women! No wonder you cockroaches are so keen on buggery and forced to kidnap and rape women! Keep telling yourself excuses not to join the islamic state, but there will always be someone to remind you that if you had that attitude back in the time muhammad allegedly lived, you’d be considered an hypocrite and apostate, and you’d be killed on the spot.
Godwin says
Sabri S.
When your Isis rats start attacking Israel, Israel will nuke them all into minute pieces. Or if they attack Saudi, the Saudi will give them carpet bombing treatment n burn them all into charcoal. If Isis attack Iran, Iran will fight with million-strong army n kill them all.
Ayatrollah says
No one ever thought of making some way to disable these later by remote ? Fry the wiring somehow?
Let them have them. It should be hard for them to get parts for them, unless we give them to them. So after a few years they will be parts for donkey carts.
pongidae rex says
George W Bush. A name that will live in infamy for centuries alongside those of Benedict Arnold, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Tse Tung…
Davegreybeard says
Oh, give me a break with the “Bush derangement” syndrome!
Avenger says
Prove to me Greybeard that Bush has done less damage to America than Obama has.
Bush pandered to Muslims while destroying our economy and military on feckless foreign campaigns. The worst war time president this country ever elected. He set the stage for ISIS.
I’m also a dumb conservative who voted for the dumb bastard.
More Ham Ed says
“Iraq lost 2,300 Humvee armoured vehicles on O’ bummer’s watch.”
bassi says
This is what happens when US fucks up big time— any military knows how to disable abandoned weapons and the world must watch the incompetent planners providing billions of dollars worth of equipment to half-hearted soldiers that make up the Iraqi army — sure one can understand they are shitting in their pants fighting such mad men who have nothing to lose— and they are entitled to run to save their lives when they are left with no back-up. But for no one to have bothered to disable vehicles and weapons (wonder if the American trainers factored in this possibility) is unbelievable. But the politicians in the west are busy selling the story that IS is weakened by their puny efforts!!!
The whole of the middle east and subsequently the rest of the world will be facing a real threat because of the self serving bastards who remain presidents and administrators in the west.
David says
It is clear that the World Government schemers have realized that Islam is a gift from Satan that fits ideally into their plans. Let Islam take over the world, or most of it, then toss the ignorant savages on the garbage heap of history, through either warfare or some other strategy. Then world government will be ripe for the Emperor, also known as the anti-Christ, to take the throne. Things are coming along nicely. This explains why criticism of Islam and its terror troops is so scarce on TV and other media today.
Prinz Eugen says
Sultan Barry is arming islam, he will never defeat isis or any group afilitated with his beloved moslem brotherhood punks. The GOP will never stop him, but merely allow him to continue the enabling until he finally declares the US a moslem state!
andrew sapia says
All of this equipment should come with self destruct buttons, where if they fall into enemy hands we can push a button and render them useless. I am sure it can be done. Just think about it, maybe if we had some self destruct mechanism built in we could not only destroy the equipment but take a few of them out at the same time.
Minnie A says
It is my opinion that this is the chosen method of arming ISIS without alerting the American people to exactly what our President is actually doing. You give the arms and weapons to our purported friends who drive them up to the front lines and get out and run like hell. Ergo..It isn’t our fault ISIS took possession of our weapons. It’s those cowards who abandoned them. Give me a break. This ploy is so blatant, it is ludicrous.