Yeah and it requires motivation. You see the only ones willing to fight were the Iraqi Special Forces. Look at Ukraine, trained by U.S. and other western forces and look how they fight against the Russians. No motivation in the Iraqi Army means they are like the Iraqi Army of Saddam or in this case fighting against ISIS. Look at Afghans not willing to fight against Taliban.
Wonder why West Asian armies trained and equipped by the US, in nations occupied by America, have recurrent motivation issues, and why their personnel isn't willing to sacrifice itself for regimes put in place by Washington.
Wonder why in fact all institutions, military or civilian, operating under the watch of US occupation authorities are struggling with chronic legitimacy issues and don't function properly.
Responsibility lies squarely with the US regime. By contrast, Iranian-supplied PMU forces, mobilized under the authority of the marjaiya (Islamic clerical authority) were highly motivated.
Took ages? Look at the Iraqi Army abandoning Abrams vehicles and other types of vehicles when they have both manpower and equipment that outmatches the ISIS.
Had they received the requested F-16's in time, had they been equipped with UCAV's they wouldn't need to turn to Iran and China to obtain Su-25's and Wing Loong drones instead.
There is no such thing as Iran led Axis of Resistance, its just as believable as Axis of Evil.
Sure, that's why the US regime is obsessively fixated on trying to disrupt it, and systematically requesting of Iran to "negotiate" away its regional presence and its solid ties to allied states and movements.
You even have Iranians being hated by Iraqis and even attempted to kill the Iraqi Prime Minister.
Propaganda to disturb the brotherly bond between Iran and Iraq. These sorts of staged Hollywoodian orchestrations never achieved their goal and never will.
June 2021 military parade of Iraq's PMU (Popular Mobilization Units) armed among others with Iranian-made weapons, symbolically held at Camp Ashraf (Diyala province), where the regime of Saddam used to host the MKO terrorist organization opposed to the Islamic Republic of Iran - the choice of the venue is clearly demonstrative of the unshakable, organic link uniting Iran and the Iraqi PMU:
On June 26, the Iraqi Hashad al-Shaabi (PMU) parade, marking the seventh anniversary of the organization, was held in the presence of PMU commanders, Iraqi officials and the families of the martyrs at the Abu Montazer al-Muhammadawi military base (former Camp Ashraf) in Diyala province.
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