U.S. Plans to Leave its Equipment with the Iraqi Army

[ECH1969]

The U.S. military plans to leave thousands of trucks and combat vehicles for the Iraq Army.

Officials said the Defense Department has approved a plan in which the U.S. military would not withdraw from Iraq together with much of the equipment deployed in that country since 2003. Instead, the U.S. Army and Marine Corps would transfer the vehicles and weaponry to the Iraq Army.

U.S. commanders and their Iraqi counterparts have been discussing the transfer of U.S.-origin weaponry and vehicles, officials said. They said the transfer to the Iraq Army would take place in stages.

"We have discussed what our ability will be in the long run to leave behind some additional equipment for them over time, so that they have the same capabilities that we do, or very nearly," Maj. Gen. William Webster, commander of Multinational Division, Baghdad, said.

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[JuniperLea]

1. Great

they will be able to fight our weapons with our weapons.

i only hope this means they are coming home soon.

[thinkingwoman]

2. Whoa, whoa, whoa there nelliebush

WE paid for that equipment. :eyes:

[billbuckhead]

4. It will be so shot out that it will be cheaper to leave it

Fixing it and shipping it back would be expensive.

[thinkingwoman]

13. Sadly

you have a point.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. No sense dragging blown up, burned equipment back here.

[madrchsod]

5. two choices

sell it to the chinese for scrap or blackmarket to the highest bidder

[AgadorSparticus]

6. It makes sense when you are trying to steal money. They leave the

equipment for excuses a, b, and c. They go home and issue new military bids for replacing left behind equipment. Another halliburton type front moneysucker gets the contract, overcharges the gov't by ridiculous amounts, and the scumbags pocket yet a billion more. It's ridiculous. I hope they all choke on the money they are stealing. :mad::mad::mad:

[ECH1969]

7. yup, this means we will have to pay to replace the equipment

[FreedomAngel82]

9. Of course

I remember in the F911 movie it showed Bush talking to a bunch of military contracters and stuff about equipment so he'll probably be doing that.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. So the Pentagon/arms industry can boo-hoo and beg for more dough.

And, the generals can have nice seats on the boards of directors.

[Eugene]

10. Dumping more money into the pit, this time off budget.

The DoD will have to buy replacements for what
they give to Iraq. Besides, what happened to
the billions of dollars Iraq got to buy arms?

This promises to be quite a buildup.
Are they planning for something big?

[Roland99]

11. I guess that Iraqi oil revenue will pay for it.

:sarcasm:

[Fescue4u]

12. Its all worn out anyway

They run the crap out of the vehicles. They run'm constantly, in dirty, sandy and very hot conditions. Not to mention the bullet holes and bomb fragments.

Today, the average american drives a car a few hours a day and then considers it worn out in 4 years.

The trucks and light fighting vehicles over there will see 100 times more wear and tear in 4 years than your average american vehicle.

Far more cost effective to leave'm there and buy new equipment