ISIS on the offensive in Iraq

[Xiahou]

Iran's Revolutionary Guard to the rescue?

Two battalions of the Quds Forces have been sent to the advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), an al Qaeda offshoot that took control of Iraq’s second-largest city Mosul and Tikrit in recent days.

What kind of intelligence assets did we have in the area that no one saw this coming? The best time to stop ISIS was before they started capturing major cities. Now, it's a mess.

[Kadagar_AV]

Iran's Revolutionary Guard to the rescue?


What kind of intelligence assets did we have in the area that no one saw this coming? The best time to stop ISIS was before they started capturing major cities. Now, it's a mess.

I'll play.

My guess would be: The exact same kind of intelligence assets that had proof of WMDs.

[Crandar]

I'll play.

My guess would be: The exact same kind of intelligence assets that had proof of WMDs.

I'm pretty sure that they were perfectly aware of the fact that the Saddam regime did not have any weapons of mass destruction.
On the other hand, manipulating the people in order to accept an offensive war, by making them believe that it will save them from a direct threat is an excellent way to start one gentleman's way.
Finally, a bit of "searching", to convince them that we were honestly preoccupied about the weapons, with the inevitable admittance of our "mistake".
Slopping agencies sounds much better than lying authorities.

[Kagemusha]

I think now would be the perfect time for US to cooperate with Iran to get this mess sorted out. Otherwise we might soon be having an country run by extremist covering both Syria and Iraq.