From Middleeastobserver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guYggCleVZA
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In an interview with Iraqi TV, former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says that Washington’s weapons deals with Iraq and world states are based on its political and commercial interests, and not on good-will.
Al-Maliki goes on to explain that Russia’s treatment of Iraqi requests for Russian weapons at critical times during Iraq’s war with ISIS was completely different.
Source: Afaq TV
Read transcript: http://middleeastobserver.net/fmr-iraqi-pm-us-refused-to-sell-us-arms-russia-opened-its-own-stockpiles/
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Historical truth from first hand source. Then he tells of Kuwait’s story with American weapons (F-16s) that adds weight to the situation. The US cannot be trusted.
Probably could go around the world and collect more stories of how the US screws over “allies” and “client states”, while Russia is the trusted weapons provider.
Russia can be relied on. Putin is trusted.
Trump threatened to murder the PM of Iraq, ordered the Marines to murder protesters and ordered the murder of Soleimani while he was on a peace mission. Crimes don’t get worse than this and why Abdul Mahdi resigned. Arrest Trump and present him to the Hague.
This is what led to the US Attacks on Iraqi Military and PMU Hundreds of Miles from the “Incident” at K1 base. The attack Trump claims to be retaliating against was against an Iraqi base, not an American base, an attack by ISIS where an American oil worker was killed on an Exxon oil facility…where oil has been stolen from Iraq for years. This is Trump escalating the situation in Iraq as he threatened to do.
The base which was attacked housed not just Iraqi regulars but PMF units, who were also attacked, the same units Trump says staged the attack. The attack was using a Romanian built 122mm rocket, that was supplied to ISIS by the US. The BBC admits that the K1 base housed PMF militias who were there to protect K1 from ISIS. Trump used his ISIS proxies to escalate by attacking K1. Trump then bombed PMU forces in northern Iraq who were actually fighting ISIS which then led to the US embassy being attacked, Trump then escalated further by murdering General Qassem Soleimani in the most despicable way possible
Here is the address by Abdul Mahdi………………..“This is why I visited China and signed an important agreement with them to undertake the construction instead. Upon my return, Trump called me to ask me to reject this agreement. When I refused, he threatened to unleash huge demonstrations against me that would end my premiership.
Huge demonstrations against me duly materialized and Trump called again to threaten that if I did not comply with his demands, then he would have Marine snipers on tall buildings target protesters and security personnel alike in order to pressure me.
I refused again and handed in my resignation. After this, when our Minister of Defense publicly stated that a third party was targeting both protesters and security personnel alike (just as Trump had threatened, he would do), I received a new call from Trump threatening to (discuss banned word) both me and the Minister of Defense if we kept on talking about this “third party”.
I was supposed to meet him (Soleimani) later in the morning when he was killed. He came to deliver a message from Iran in response to the message we had delivered to the Iranians from the Saudis.
The Kingdom’s statement regarding the events in Iraq stresses the Kingdom’s view of the importance of de-escalation to save the countries of the region and their people from the risks of any escalation.
The kingdom of Saudi Arabia was not consulted regarding the US strike. In light of the rapid developments, the Kingdom stresses the importance of exercising restraint to guard against all acts that may lead to escalation, with severe consequences.
Saudi Arabia is sending a delegation to Washington to urge restraint with Iran on behalf of [Persian] Gulf states. The message will be: ‘Please spare us the pain of going through another war’.”
“I was supposed to meet him (Soleimani) later in the morning when he was killed. He came to deliver a message from Iran in response to the message we had delivered to the Iranians from the Saudis.”
Like the Bolsheviks the present opponents believe in capitation and consequently in de-capitation.
De-capitation undermines capitation by illustrating some disadvantages of capitation, including to others who believe in capitation.
In the short-term de-capitation can be interpreted as advantageous, and this interpretation can be sustained by bridging doubt by belief to attain confirmation bias.
This re-enforced interpretation facilitates further iterations of de-capitation illustrating some disadvantages of capitation to a wider audience, some of whom are encouraged to pursue lateral strategies to transcend capitation – co-operation.
An illustration that members of the rubbing-sticks school of thermo-dynamics often get burned.