Can Iraqi Forces Recapture Lost Ground Alone? U.S. Says ‘Probably Not’

Washington Free Beacon ^ | 7-3-2014

[Citizen Zed]

Iraqi security forces will probably not be able to recapture ground they have lost to Islamist militants without assistance, the top U.S. military officer said on Thursday.

General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that U.S. advisers now in Iraq were reporting that Iraq’s military was “capable of defending Baghdad but it “would be challenged to go on the offense, mostly logistically challenged.”

“If you’re asking me will the Iraqis at some point be able to go back on the offensive, to recapture the part of Iraq that they’ve lost, I think that’s a really broad campaign quality question,” Dempsey told reporters at the Pentagon. “Probably not by themselves.”

[Citizen Zed]

How long before Obama suggests a compassionate, more thoughtful US lead surge?

[Joe 6-pack]

Not to worry; the Russians will bail the out, and then help *secure* their oil fields.

[Billthedrill]

“Logistically challenged” in their own country? Alarm bells ringing here. BTT

[UCANSEE2]

How long before Obama suggests a compassionate, more thoughtful US lead surge?

and is he doing to do it with 'green' LGBT troops ?

[Goreknowshowtocheat]

I agree.

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[Salvavida]

No. But they can attrit themselves, and raise the animosity between both houses of Islam, sealing bitterness for centuries to come; making it impossible for Islam to unity.

Pay attention Barky. That is a national strategy.