Posted on 05/18/2015 8:43:42 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
This Department of Defense news article (reproduced in full below) on the status of the fight against the Islamic State couldn’t have been more poorly timed. Published on May 15, the same day that the Islamic State overran the government center in Ramadi, the report provides a pollyannaish view from Brigadier General Thomas D. Weidley of the US military’s air campaign and the Iraqi military’s fight against the Islamic State. Weidley is the chief of staff for Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, the US-led coalition that was put together to “defeat and dismantle” the Islamic State.
Weidley described Ramadi as “contested” and claimed that Iraqi forces repelled most attacks in the city when in reality the Islamic State took control of the government center and most neighborhoods in Ramadi by May 15. By May 17, the Islamic State was in full control of Ramadi and overran the Anbar Operations Command and 8th Brigade Headquarters at Camp Ar Ramadi. Iraqi forces are said to be in complete disarray in the Fallujah-Ramadi corridor.
Weidley’s description of the situation in Baiji was just as overly optimistic. He claimed that while the Islamic State breached the perimeter and has had “episodic control of some refinery facilities to continue attacking Iraqi security forces,” Iraqi forces are regaining the initiative inside and outside of the refinery. In reality, the Islamic State controls upwards of 80 percent of the refinery and has besieged an Iraqi force holed up there. The Islamic State is in full control of the city of Baiji and the surrounding areas, the the Iraqi military is unable or unwilling to send reinforcements. . .
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The more articles I see about this, the angrier I get.
I was THERE - the city was filthy and dark with soot, even Juarez MX was cleaner...
Now we know what became of Baghdad Bob. He was hired by the DOD.
Truly a ‘Baghdad Bob’ statement.
Love it!
Why anger instead of mere resignation? You've seen Iraqi troops in action.
...”Obama has appointed the most incompetent and ill trained types to lead every department”....
Yes men....and pay back for supporting his elections. Add in the fact liberals are pretty much brain matter deficient then you have that result.
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