When you can’t protect the families and homes of your officers, you quickly cease to be an effective fighting force. Such is the situation there. They’re going to need to reassemble in defensible areas of single ethnic, tribal, and religious groups, then you’ll see them fighting. Sadr City will stand, so will the Kurdish areas.
Thanks, that was a splash of cold water of good analysis, it is refreshing to hear some military thinking on it.
What about this?
Why would they surrender to this?
Start at about 6 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKELtjoNrPU
The ISIS is armed. Are the civilians armed? Did we take their weapons? When you live under a ruler like Hussein for a generation who is left alive that is a strong leader? Living in a society where the people in the next neighborhood will turn you in, who do you trust?
Did the COIN strategy include a long term presence to guarantee success of this nation? Did the COIN strategy actually contribute to this situation by not allowing our military to strike down those who were against us? Just wondering.