"US pushing to get Iraqi Air Force off the ground" by Ernesto Londono, Washington Post | August 20, 2008
KIRKUK, Iraq - The US military all but paralyzed the Iraqi Air Force after the 1991 Persian Gulf War, turning veteran pilots such as Colonel Abdul Karim Aziz, a fighter pilot who survived the war between Iraq and Iran during the 1980s, into grounded bureaucrats.
Excuse me for asking, I know it has been five years+ now, but HOW DID Saddam "THREATEN the WORLD" when he DIDN'T EVEN HAVE an AIR FORCE?
Oh, the LIES, LIES, LIES, LIES, we were told by MSM and Bush!!!!
The little that remained of the country's once-mighty airpower was obliterated during the early weeks of the Iraq war. And Iraq's skies became the domain of the US military, controlled from an operations center in Qatar.
Now in an about-face, the US Air Force is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to get Aziz and others to fly again, train a fresh generation of pilots, and build up the Iraqi Air Force's fleet and infrastructure from scratch.
Americans, we have REAL PROBLEMS here at home, and yet ARTICLE after ARTICLE shows our government SHOVELING OUR MONEY out the DOOR!!!!!
WHERE ARE YOU, America?
Building an air force takes years, if not decades.
Translation: We are NEVER LEAVING IRAQ, folks.
This is the WORLD DOMINATION PLAN in action!
Though small, modest, and - for now - devoid of firepower, the Iraqi Air Force has given Iraqis something to be proud of, US officials say.
Oh my God, this is SICK!!!!
The Iraqis have PLENTY to be proud of -- their HISTORY, their CULTURE, their RELIGION!!!
Look at this CONDESCENDING SHIT SPEW from the fucking arrogant US!
They HAD an AIR FORCE until YOU DESTROYED IT, and I'm sure they were proud of it, too!!!!
The Iraqi Air Force was among the best equipped and trained in the region when the country went to war with Iran in 1980.
That's cause Saddam was OUR GUY then!!!
The eight-year conflict took a considerable toll on the force, but when the Persian Gulf War started in 1991, Iraq still had hundreds of combat aircraft and skilled pilots operating out of dozens of bases. The Iraqi Air force, however, was no match for the US-led coalition, which quickly crippled it.
So HOW in the WORLD could he nave been SUCH a THREAT in 2003, huh?
No WMD and NO AIR FORCE which EVERYBODY KNEW!!!!
WTF, MSM? Why you LIE SO MUCH!!!
The Iraqi Air Force's fleet currently has 76 aircraft, most of which were donated by the United States and other nations. Although the force has no fighter planes, US military officials say Iraqi pilots will soon be allowed to carry out air attack missions.
On WHO and WITH WHAT?
(Blog author shaking his head at scale of daily war and MSM lies; sickening).
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