Reports of U.S. Ground Fighters Emerge as ISIS Gains in Iraq

The Fiscal Times ^ | 12/17 | Riyadh Mohammed

[TangledUpInBlue]

No matter how many bombs Americans drop on ISIS forces, Iraqi troops are losing ground. If al-Anbar is lost, the entire Iraqi front dynamic will shift to favor ISIS again, and months of the U.S.-led air campaign will have been wasted.

Maybe that’s why we had reports from an Iraqi field commander on Tuesday that U.S. forces had their first ground clash with ISIS terrorists at midnight on Monday, Baghdad time. ISIS fighters were forced to withdraw after U.S. air force fighters bombed enemy positions

The minor victory was well timed. After six weeks of defeats in Iraq, ISIS made its first gains in the western province of al-Anbar last week, threatening the remaining Iraqi government forces and its tribal Sunni allies who are defending the remaining cities and army camps there.

“We have ammunition to fight ISIS for five days only. After that, we will not be able to fight them with their advanced arms,” said Sheikh Naeim al-Gaud, a tribal leader who suffered hundreds of losses in a massacre committed by ISIS several weeks ago near the city of Hit, western Iraq.

[TangledUpInBlue]

I'm sure they're just "advisers"........but if Bammy gets called out on the "no boots" thing, he'd look awfully dumb.

[basil]

He always looks awfully dumb to me……..

[KoRn]

Horribly written headline.

Do these people even bother to read what they write?

[PieterCasparzen]

It’s no wonder ISIS has some combat success; they’re trained and supplied by the West.

Gotta create a formidable opponent if you want to precipitate a war - or the war has a hard time lasting a week !

[KoRn]

If oil prices continue as they are, Iran could look at this fragile Iraq situation as an inviting target. They have lots of oil.

As does Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Why stop with Iraq?

We are back on our heels, and would be unable to stop it. We aren’t in as strong position like were were during the first Gulf War. We wouldn’t be able to deploy those kinds of forces so rapidly, because we’re depleted. The only question would be is whether Iran would be able to do it. The Russians might be interested in helping them, perhaps Syria too, if they’re able. China could be interested as well.

This could be a VERY bad scenario. (or maybe I’m just full of it lol)

[Sam Gamgee]

The short of it is they have the WILL and the human resources we just can't match. If and when the US leaves ISIS and the Taliban will just rebuild. Even if they could attract 1% of 1.6 billion Muslims to their fight that is an army of 16 million fighters. We generally like to see our soldiers return home after a campaign. They don't care, as the eternal harem is their home.

[tcrlaf]

3 American soldiers have already died fighting ISIS.

If a REPUBLICAN was in charge, we’d be seeing 24/7 hand-wringing, and live coverage of the funerals.

Since a DEM is in charge, most sheeple have not ever heard about this.