we can’t even hit tem from the air so what is the point?
“we can’t even hit tem from the air so what is the point?”
Best case is simply that the community leader is trying to coattail on this popular action.
Worst case it is to provide overwatch and intelligence to the jidhadis. Embed in the Iraqi units (why now?) who are hooked up to Russian intel, discover the plans, inform their higher ups who inform the jihadis and thus compromise the operations.