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2015-07-01 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

In Iraq, Coordination With Iran Not Impossible, Gen. Dempsey Says

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-07-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 I guess it will require President Hillary Clinton and her Muslim Brotherhood agent of influence, Huma Abedin, to formulate a coherent anti-Iran strategy. The current white House occupant, the Iran born Valerie Jarrett, isn't doing so hot.

Posted by Whonter Darling of the Bunions4601 2015-07-01 02:02|| 2015-07-01 02:02|| Front Page Top

#2 I suspect that it's already happening.

There has been a long-standing, tacit "professional understanding" between US and Iranian military (not IGRC) forces. WRT the IRGC, let's just say there have been "spirited disagreement."

The game-changer is that the IRGC is the Iranian force in Iraq/Syria that will be/is coordinated with.

Posted by Pappy 2015-07-01 12:28|| 2015-07-01 12:28|| Front Page Top

#3 U.S. Comments on Iranian Presence in Iraq

Dempsey said Iran has been "interested in and sought to influence the future of Iraq since Iraq's sovereignty was restored in 2004."

However, the top U.S. military leader said, the Iranian presence and any Iraq partnership with Iran is not troubling at the moment, since it is not threatening U.S. forces or the U.S. mission in Iraq.

"If it is a path that ties the two countries more closely together economically or even politically, as long as the Iraqi government remains committed to inclusivity of all the various groups inside the country, then I think Iranian influence will be positive," he said.

Link to the above DoD Jan 2015 news release.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-07-01 14:17|| 2015-07-01 14:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Read it twice. Lingering vanilla aftertaste persists.

National Military Strategy, June 2015

Posted by Besoeker 2015-07-01 14:33|| 2015-07-01 14:33|| Front Page Top

#5 General Dempsey's statement is rather at odds with Mr. Obama's recent and very public snub of Prime Minister Al-Abadi, no?

Posted by Pappy 2015-07-01 18:32|| 2015-07-01 18:32|| Front Page Top

#6 I agree. In Dempsey's defense however, it must be difficult for him to read traffic, attend briefings, ceremonies, and keep up with the Obama foreign policy weegie board.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-07-01 18:37|| 2015-07-01 18:37|| Front Page Top

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