Operation IMPACT
Operation IMPACT is the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) contribution to the Middle East Stabilization Force (MESF) the multinational coalition to halt and degrade Daesh.
Under Operation IMPACT, the CAF conducts air operations, provides training and assistance to the Iraqi security forces, provides capacity building capabilities to regional forces, and supports the coalition with highly-skilled personnel.
Through the refocused CAF efforts to the MESF, Canada is playing an important role, alongside its partners, in setting the conditions for Iraqi security forces to achieve long-term success through self-sustainable security.
The total number of CAF members deployed under Operation IMPACT is increasing from approximately 650 to approximately 830, which includes tripling the size of the train, advise, and assist mission in support of the Iraqi security forces.
What do the Mexican admirals think?
“Operation IMPACT”
This, of course, does not include any consideration regarding an intervention from OButthole or John (I served in Viet Nam) Kerry.
So? They’ll be back or move on other areas. They’re not going away because the it’s the ideology that survives.
There have been ‘isis’ like groups for centuries in the MENA.
Hillary’s man talking point in the debate.
I hope everything goes well, but the history of poorly trained troops vs suicide attackers is not good.
Even highly experienced and trained personnel are unnerved by suicide attacks (eg. US Navy and kamikazes; US Marines on Okinawa)
Until the Saudis decide a group like ISIS is needed again, and then they will pour more of their money, weapons and devilish ideology into the next Jihadi group....
ISIL/ISIS is an ideology. It’s a mind virus. You can’t just kill it. You have to immunize the populace to fight it as well.
How about Obama or any of the other really, really, really smart people in our government get Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, Jordan, Syria(Assad) to meet under the protection of the Russians and US in order to divide up the mideast between the Sunni and Shiite factions.
We STEP AWAY AND LET THEM DECIDE. The only caveat would be that Israel must not be touched. Everything from the Straits of Gibraltar to Pakistan is to be decided by the group. Islam must reform itself in order to enter into the Western culture...IF THEY WANT TO. Otherwise they stay in their little box. If they stray they get the Carthaginian treatment, their money is confiscated and we move forward.
They need to fix their problems.
We all know that ISIS will be ‘pushed’ out of Iraq just in time for the election.
Those 9000 jihadists are needed for the seige of Deir Ezzor, in SE Syria. They can’t do that if they’re stuck in Mosul.
And the White House wants a PR victory to help Hillary.
This won’t be some great victory over ISIS. It will be a cynical redeployment.
Not wanting to count one’s chickens before their hatched, but if this pans out, it will be nice to have some good news for a change from that part of the world.