Posted on 03/26/2016 7:16:11 AM PDT by huldah1776
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"The secretary and I both believe that there will be an increase in U.S. forces in Iraq in coming weeks, but that decision hasn't been made," Dunford said. He did not say how big that increase might be.
He and Carter said accelerating the campaign against the Islamic State will include more assistance like the artillery fire and targeting help that U.S. Marines provided earlier this week to Iraqi forces advancing on Mosul. But they said American forces remain well behind the front lines.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
As for the shelling...
"25 ISIS militants killed in artillery shelling south of Mosul"
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – A source in Nineveh Liberation Operations Command announced on Friday, that 25 fighters of the so-called ISIS were killed in an artillery shelling south of Mosul.
The source said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “A force from the army’s 15th brigade carried out an artillery shelling on ISIS headquarters in al-Khatab village in Qayyarah District during ISIS members meeting.”
The source, who requested anonymity, added, “The shelling resulted in the killing of 25 militants belonging to ISIS, as well as destructing their headquarters completely.”
oops. forgot source.
http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/25-isis-militants-killed-artillery-shelling-south-mosul/
Does this mean Obama has to give back his Affirmative-Action Nobel Peace Prize?
Paging Cindy Sheehan!
I don’t trust this enemy islamist CIC at all. He won’t win and will only murder more of our forces.
We are always going to have boots on the ground in the ME. Or until we stop pussy-footing around with the koranimals.
Personally I am tired of allowing our enemies to follow the “rope a dope” strategy of Vietnam against us. No more PC wars. No more nation building. If we have to use use military force leave nothing behind but dust or glass to show the rest of the world that they should not mess with us.
If we ever want to win a war in another country we have to be fully committed in the beginning to occupying the country for years or decades to come. That is the difference between Germany, Japan and South Korea on the one hand and Vietnam and Iraq on the other.
If the war is not vital enough to our national security to make that commitment then stay home. The alternative is sacrificing some of the best of our kids for nothing.
We were ready to do that in Iraq. Obama pulled the plug
empathizing, and still twitching. How can an administration that is bent on destroying the nation do anything but?
The retaking if Mosul is coming soon. I have several contractor friends shipping out recently.
“Military officials pushing for increase in US troops in Iraq”
For what? We have already lost over 4500 brave young Americans there. Poor kids win the war and the sons a bitches in Washington walk away. Just as they did in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq (’92) and Iraq (’11).
Enough.
Lock it down at home.
Post of the day. Hell, post of the decade. And a fitting epitaph for Empire America.
We already gave Iraq billions in military equipment and trained an army for them.
If they don’t have enough to do the job— or enough will to do the job — then it can’t be done (because we paid our dues over there, now it’s their turn to take charge of their own destiny).
Hell No. Unless we are prepared to occupy the country for 50 years, it’s pointless.
Team America, World Police. F()ck yeah!
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One of the major military blunders of all time: the premature withdrawal from Iraq.
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