Colonel Ralph Peters has it all figured out: “What I see is an attempt by the administration to divert our attention from the fall of Ramadi. Do you think it’s an accident that these documents are suddenly dumped on us when the administration is horribly embarrassed by having claimed Islamic State is on the defensive? … Look at the timing.”
“They’re reverting to their one foreign policy win in six-and-a-half years.”
“You know what our one success has been?” Peters continued. “We’ve Been very successful at arming Islamic State. Because we give the weapons to the Iraqi government, they give them to their troops, and the troops run away. I mean – look at the vehicles Islamic State is driving. Look at their weapons. That’s US equipment.”
AFTER THE FALL OF RAMADI, REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER CLAIMS THE WHITE HOUSE STRATEGY IS NOT A SERIOUS ATTEMPT TO WIN: