Something that’s passed without notice in the hearings today and yesterday is that Gen. Petraeus cheered Iraq “becoming one of the U.S.’s larger foreign military sales customers.” According to the general, Iraq has committed $1.6 billion already to the Pentagon’s Foreign Military Sales program, and might commit another $1.8 billion before the end of the year. A few minutes ago, he told Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) that “we have to push the [foreign military sales] system” to get more weapons into Iraqi hands.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=179924