Marcus Luttrell, the Navy Seal who survived the ordeal that was the subject of his book and subsequent movie, “Lone Survivor,” went back to the war a year after that event to fight in Ramadi as a member of Seal Team 5. He wrote a book about that experience too, titled, “Service – A Navy Seal At War,” published in 2012.
From page 74 –
The time was October, 2006.
“Our enemy was a diverse group. Their ranks included fighters from the Mujahideen Shura Council, a shadowy outfit that tried to unify various Sunni Islamist groups fighting us “infidels.” Basically they were Al Qaeda types, many loyal to the AQ leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, killed in an air strike that June. Right before we landed, that group released a video declaring Iraq an Islamic state and changing its name to the Islamic State of Iraq. Incurable optimists, these people. They’d have to go through the U.S. military to make that happen, and try they did. Needless to say, their bravado attracted a lot of bad guys to Ramadi and encouraged a lot of reckless violence. The insurgents in Ramadi came from all over the world–from Syria, Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan; there were some American-born extremists. You name a flag, there was an asshole there who was flying it.”
Did IS [Islamic State of Iraq] know that America would soon elect a president who would eventually remove the U.S. military from their path?
Did they know that this president would ignore them for years and eventually allow them to capture and control U.S. heavy weapons and aircraft?
IS existed years before Obama decided to remove U.S. troops from Iraq. They existed before Benghazi. The Islamic State, as an organization, existed before Obama took office. President Bush knew about them. Obama did too – for years while he enabled their consolidation of weapons and territory.
JV yourself Mr. President.
