Asked if additional U.S. troops are likely to be committed to deal with violence in the southern region — a strategy defense officials report is proving successful in Iraq — a senior defense official traveling with the secretary said it’s probably “not in the cards.”
Turn the whole thing over to the Marines like Conway has suggested and the problem will go away quickly.
As far as I can tell, the Regional Command South (UK-led) and all its participating countries (UK, US, Canadian, Danish, Estonian and Dutch) are all committed to the process. Frankly we could do with another battlegroup coming from the North (Germany, Italy) to shore up operations. The duties in the North are the sort that the ANA can cover, gaining much needed practical training and experience, instead of being plunged into the open war in the South