“Reservists? Do he is sending in the B or C team.”
Possibly, but how good do they need to be? Our NRA and/or urban gang members could probably take ISIS out with the right weapons and logistics.
Possibly, but how good do they need to be?
House to house fighting is rough stuff, made more difficult if you are trying to avoid civilian casualties. Of course, I doubt the Russians care as much about that. Even do, the German 6th Army in Stalingrad (arguably, the A-Team of the German Army at that time) certainly didn’t, and even they had a very rough time. As the Germans found out, using air power and artillery to root out defenders sometimes just makes defense easier. However, I suspect that ISIS won’t put up as strong a defense as the Russians at Stalingrad did.