Yeah, what about that “boots on the ground” thing??
It really doers take time to shape a battlefield, we had to have an endgame on Mosul first. We’ve been building airfields in NE Syria for some time.
The Kurds needed lots of training in communications and transport.
By the “rebels” I think you mean the Free Syrian Army. They have been a rabble and a mess from the git go. Other than translators, useless.
“By the “rebels” I think you mean the Free Syrian Army. “
The last iteration of this Middle East exercise (Libya) ended up installing AQ. Moreover, the Russians are there and they were invited. I don’t like this at all.