Time for a housecleaning.
Sounds like a good move. On many levels.
I wonder if this new offensive is in any way related to the reported wounding of the "Z" man....hmmmmmm?
My question is... If this operation has not started yet, why are they broadcasting it? Won't this give the terrorists a heads up to evacuate now before the checkpoints are set up?
Way to do it: massive numbers.
Upon reading that sentence I looked back at the heading and noted, "Yes, it is Reuters."
How boringly predictable the MSM is. Their downfall may be tedium as much as bias.
Rounding up and killing bad guys ~ Bump!
No better training than on the job.
It was forseeable right after the elections that the first major action of the new government would be a massive assault against the terrorists and murderers, a savage and concentrated cleanup of the trash.
This is NOT going to be a civil war (typical anti-American MSM handwringing), but it is going to be a necessarily brutal and bloody assault on "the evil ones."
Good riddance. About time. Let's roll.
Expect a crescendo of MSM and NGO hysteria about "human rights", which of course they've not levied against the Syrian and Saudi Islamist psychos or the remnants of the murderous Baathist regime now taking refuge in Syria.
SWEEP!
This strikes me as an exercise in futility. What exactly is the point of announcing such a huge maneuver almost a week in advance? The terrorists and their stockpiles will be long gone by the time this exercised is executed.
Unfortunately, I see ZERO hope for the Sunni cities of Iraq for several years, perhaps decades. The Iraqi security forces (Army, National Guard and Police) are simply not up to the task nor am I sure they'll ever be, and if the U.S. military wasn't there to do the heavy lifting, EVERY Sunni town would quickly turn into Fallujahs. The ease with which the terrorists can come to dominate an entire Sunni town or city speaks volumes whether its Tal Afar, Fallujah, Samarra, Ramadi, Qaim, or Haditha.
The U.S. just had to go back into Haditha after an operation less than 4 months ago because the entire police force had be decimated to the point that there was no law and order in the city. When are Iraqis going to take responsibility for their own security?