Friday, November 13, 2015

Obama abandons Christian army to be killed by ISIS

Christian Soldiers Left to Die

As I have blogged over and over, why would we arm the Kurds and Christians to fight ISIS when we are the ones arming ISIS in the first place as a weapon against Iran and Syria.

(Breitbart News) - The Assyrian Army is in dire need of military support from the United States to protect Christian communities in Iraq and Syria against the genocide they are facing at the hands of the barbaric Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), according to a decorated American military veteran advising the force.

Retired Lt. Col. Sargis Sangari, who was a deployed to Iraq during his 20-year career in the U.S. Army, is one of the Americans advising the Assyrian Army, known as Dwekh Nawsha, which means “self-sacrifice” in the ancient Aramaic language used by Jesus and still spoken by the Assyrian Christians.

According to Sangari, the Assyrian military force, which is primarily based in Iraq’s Assyrian Nineveh plains, is closely aligned with the strategic goals and aspirations of the United States.

Sangari, head of the Near East Center for Strategic Engagement, spoke to Breitbart News about the continued plight of Dwekh Nawsha as ISIS has unleashed a savage and deadly wave of persecution against Christians and other religious minorities throughout Iraq and Syria.

“All we’re saying is we’re done. We don’t have equipment. We don’t have the weapons. We don’t have the training,” said Lt. Col. Sangari, an Assyrian American.

“As much as you’re giving money to all these individuals who are killing each other, why don’t you try to give it to the Assyrians?” he added, addressing the United States. “Anybody who fights just for money will be a failure, but when you give money to individuals who are fighting for their homeland, they’ll be successful.”

The Assyrian Army is among the most effective groups fighting the terrorist organization, which has seized large swathes of Iraq and Syria, declared Lt. Col. Sangari.

Despite their lack of resources, the Assyrian army has held the FLOT (Forward Line of Troops) against ISIS in Iraq’s Assyrian Nineveh plains, their homeland, since last August when the jihadist group overran the area.

By doing so, the army, which started with only 12 fighters, has been able to protect Christian territories in Iraq’s Nineveh province and resist ISIS’s command for Christians to pay a submissive tax known as the jizya, convert to Islam, or die by the sword.

The Assyrian Army FLOT was established in the Christian village of Bakufa located in northern Iraq’s Nineveh province, about 20 miles north of Mosul.

Dwekh Nawsha is one of the major Assyrian Christian militias fighting genocide at the hands of ISIS.

The Assyrian Army needs the U.S. to provide money, training, and equipment so that they can take the fight to the enemy, pointed out Sangari.

Currently, they are unable to go on the offensive because they are unable to sustain a large force. They have been forced to limit their operations compared to those the Assyrian Army carried out last year.

Lobbyist groups in Washington, D.C. have proven to be a barrier for the Assyrian Army’s repeated request for U.S. support, acknowledged Sangari.

“One of the biggest obstacles we run into are the lobbyist groups in Washington, D.C. who are being funded to no end to try to preach in favor of other ethnicities in the region who cannot even manage and administer their own areas,” he said. “Because of that the Assyrians have not been able to get the support they need.”

President Obama has acknowledged that ISIS is carrying out genocide against Iraqi Christians. Yet he has done nothing to help the Assyrian Army, according to the Lt. Col. Sangari.

It appears that President Obama’s military advisors do not understand that Assyrians are united under one common goal — to protect their historical homeland, he noted.

“The Assyrian Army wants to fight, the problem is that you’re sending mixed signals to them every time you support different organizations, different groups, nobody really knows what your strategic plan is in the region,” said Lt. Col. Sangari when asked what message he had for President Obama.

Former US soldier joins militia to defend Christian faith in Iraq

Assyrian Christian Army

There are hundreds of fighters in the Assyrian Army, including women and foreigners.

Americans, French, Spaniards, Germans, and Australians are among the handful of Westerners who have joined the force.

“The Americans are not allowed to fight for the Assyrian Army unless they sign a piece of paper saying they’re not going to violate U.S. law by pledging allegiance to the Assyrian Army,” explained Sangari. “So you cannot pledge allegiance as an American to the Assyrian Army.”

The Assyrian Army has not received military support from any governments, asserted the lieutenant colonel.

Iran did send humanitarian aid to Assyrians in the region at the request of Assyrians in Iran. The aid went to the families of the Assyrian fighters.

The Assyrian Army has established The United Assyrian Appeal foundation where people can donate money to the families of the Assyrian soldiers who are fighting ISIS on the ground.

Syriac Christian militias at war against IS. Syriac-Aramaic (Assyrians) and Kurds fight the IS.

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