It lacks credibility to believe the Obama administration did not know that prematurely pulling out all US Military personnel from Iraq, before the US Generals in Iraq, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the CIA, and the US Ambassador in Iraq said it was safe to do so, and before the US military were allowed to structure a Status of Forces Agreement with Iraq.  Iraq is the only country in US history where the US military had been engaged in a military campaign, where no Status of Forces Agreement was negotiated before all US Military Forces were pulled out of the country.  At that time, Iraq was willing to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement with the Obama administration, but it was an intentional decision by Obama to leave Iraq without negotiating such an agreement, that agreement would have allowed for leaving a small residual force of 10,000 military personnel to continue to train the Iraqi Army and to booster the confidence of Nouri Al Moakley’s government of Iraq.    

Recent events reveal why Obama failed to provide a small US military residual force on the ground in Iraq that a Status of Forces Agreement would have provided for---the quick exit from Iraq was Obama’s first step in allowing Iran to have develop a stronger influence over the internal affairs of Iraq.  In the below listed article, it is explained that Obama has just effectively improved Iran’s strong influence in Iraq by encouraging Iran to move its Republican Guard Quid Force into Iraq, while for the last week Obama has refused to strike Al Q’ieda’s concentration of forces and the long lines of exposed convoys with US airpower. 

The United States should not work with Iran’s military to defend Iraq under any circumstances----it would be like allowing the fox into the chicken coop to protect the chickens.  The US should support the Iraqi government with supplies, ground air control personnel to coordinate air strikes against Al Q’ieda’s forces, by providing US air strikes to take out the Al Q’ieda convoys, provide Spec Ops Forces to conduct certain classified missions, and should encourage the Al Moakley Shiite government to work with the Sunnis that they were working with, when the US was in Iraq, the Sunnis have since been alienated by Al Moakley. If Iraq is taken over by Al Q’ieda the country would be used as a safe haven for attacks on the US like Afghanistan was used to launch the 9/11 on the US.  The military stability of the entire Middle East, and stabilizing the cost of a barrel of oil, depends upon the occupant of the Oval Office, who should finally take specific action to shore up the government of Iraq.     

The Republic and its American citizens deserve better leadership from the current occupant of the Oval Office.  Unfortunately, Obama was too busy golfing and going to multiple fund raising events in California this weekend, while the most serious crisis facing the Republic since 9/11, was unfolding over the weekend.  There are 20,000 Americans in Iraq that must be protected; if Obama doesn’t take action to protect them and protect the interests of the United States in the Middle East, it would be a repeat of his  “Dereliction of Duty” witnessed by the US Armed Forces when Obama refused to give the US military “Cross Border Authority” so they could dispatch a rescue force to save the lives of the Americans who were murdered by 125 -150 Al Q’ieda terrorist during the Battle of Benghazi.

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OBAMA APPROVED IRAN'S MOVE INTO IRAQ

Advance of Tehran's Revolutionary Guard stirs fears of Mideast proxy war
AARON KLEIN
Aaron Klein is WND's senior staff reporter and Jerusalem bureau chief. He also hosts "Aaron Klein Investigative Radio" on Salem Talk Radio. 

Iran's Revolutionary Guard

TEL AVIV – The deployment of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to Iraq came after the Obama administration quietly gave its approval of the Shiite troop movement, according to informed Middle Eastern security officials.

The Obama administration pressed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to allow battalions of the Quds Force to aid the Iraqi military in its fight against the Sunni Muslim Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.

The Quds Force is special unit of the Revolutionary Guard responsible for international operations.

According to numerous press reports the Iranian forces were dispatched Thursday to fight in Tikrit, which was initially held by the ISIS but was subsequently liberated by the Iraqi army with help from Iran.

The Wall Street Journal reported two Guards’ units were further tasked with protecting Baghdad and the Shiite holy sites in the cities of Karbala and Najaf.

Obama’s actions give clarity to State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki’s statement on June 12 that Iran could play a “constructive” role in Iraq.

“Clearly, we’ve encouraged them in many cases to play a constructive role,” she said. “But I don’t have any other readouts or views from our end to portray here today.”

“The Iranians can provide some assets to make sure Baghdad doesn’t fall. We need to coordinate with the Iranians and the Turks need to get in the game and get the Sunni Arabs back into the game, form a new government without [Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al] Maliki,” Graham added on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

The direct military involvement of Iran, however, could trigger larger regional Shiite-Sunni clashes and may even represent the start of a proxy war between Sunni Saudi Arabia and the Shiite leadership of Tehran.

WND reported last week that, according to Jordanian and Syrian regime sources, Saudi Arabia has been arming the ISIS and that the Saudis are a driving force in supporting the al-Qaida-linked group.

The Jordanian regime sources told WND they fear the sectarian violence will spill over into their own country as well as into Syria.

ISIS previously posted a video on YouTube threatening to move on Jordan and “slaughter” King Abdullah, whom they view as an enemy of Islam.

The Jordanian sources explained Obama’s reported initial reluctance to assist in airstrikes in Iraq. The sources claimed striking along the Iraq-Syria border would cut off the supply line to rebels fighting in Syria.