Posted on 10/24/2016 9:57:44 AM PDT by Lorianne
The fall of Mosul will set in motion yet another training cycle for the Iraqi Security Forces and a return to the counter-insurgency strategy that will keep U.S. troops in Iraq indefinitely, according to U.S. military officials.
The battle for Mosul "will not be the last stand" in Iraq for Daesh, an Arabic acronym for the Islamic state of Iraq and Syria, a U.S. military official who spoke on grounds of anonymity said last Friday. "Clearing Mosul of Daesh will not be the end of Daesh and will not mark their military defeat," the official said.
The U.S. defense establishment from Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on down has predicted with near total confidence that the fall of Mosul was inevitable, although tough fighting was expected once the ISF enters the city itself.
Following its defeat in the northwestern city, "Daesh will transform into a traditional insurgent or terrorist-like organization," the official said.
A similar view was expressed earlier last week by Army Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, commander of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command-Operation Inherent Resolve and the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).
In a video briefing to the Pentagon, Volesky said the ISF was a different military force from the one that broke and ran, discarding their equipment, when ISIS invaded from Syria in June of 2014.
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Where are they going to train them, Fort Bragg?
Is this s re-run?
I think we have seen this movie several times already.
For sale: Iraqi army AK 74 rifle. Never fired, only dropped once.
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That country fought freedom at every chance given to them by the efforts and lives of our troops (both sons and daughters).
There is not one inch of that effing country worthy of the life of one more American soldier. Let become idle. Let it fall prey to the ignorant evil that it is. Let it be what it has been for centuries - A 5th century shithole unworthy of anything but total destruction.
Where are all the anti-war protestors at the White House fence?
Oh, sorry. This is still Bush’s fault.
Sounds to me like we will be training them for the Iranians.
Yep. Exactly.
I bet we don’t even get a thank you not from the Iranians.
I feel the same way.
Also, even if we were to fight there again (for territory .. for who?) we could not hold it. Or if we could we could not be available to fight elsewhere or do other things.
It would take our entire military and all its budget and them some to hold all of Iraq and keep the peace there. In fact, I do not think we have enough military personnel to do it even if we wanted to and it wasn’t >>>>ing stupid to do it (which it is).
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