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Tulsi Gabbard: “The Iraqi army is essentially the army of the central…”

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Tulsi Gabbard discusses US strategy to fight ISIS in Iraq with Wolf Blitzer on CNN

Published May 28, 2015 | Video Starts at 05:17

You have the Sunni tribes and the Kurds who have been very motivated to fight to protect their territories and their communities and their families to defeat isis. This again, this fictitious goal of a unified Iraq that this The Iraqi army is essentially the army of the central government in Baghdad, not a unified Iraq. Yeah, it seems like they're basically in charge of Baghdad, protecting the millions of people who live there, but not much else. (05:17–05:23)

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Asserts that the Iraqi army serves the central government rather than a unified Iraq.

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“The Iraqi army lacks the will to fight, evidenced by their actions in Mosul and Ramadi.”
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“The Shia-led government persecuted the Sunnis and created the situation where ISIS could gain support.”
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“The administration should make the Kurds and the Sunni tribes the primary recipients of military aid.”
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“We need to stop continuing this failed policy of supporting and propping up this central government in Baghdad.”
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“Support this three state solution of empowering the Sunni tribes, empowering the Kurds and the Shias.”
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“By doing this, we can get rid of the oxygen that has allowed ISIS to maintain its stronghold here within this area of Iraq.”
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“Iraq was created not by the people who live there, not by the Kurds, not by the Sunni tribes of the Shias, created by these outside…”
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“The U.S. needs to step up its airstrike campaign against ISIS.”
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“The United States supporting this central government in Baghdad previously led by Maliki, now continuing here with Abadi, it continues this…”
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“We need to provide that primary support to [the Kurds and the Sunni tribes] in order to do that and to push ISIS out and defeat them.”
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