You cannot win in Iraq unless you are willing to kill 95% of the male population.
There is no winning. There is only continuous occupation, loss of blood and treasure, and hatred from both shia and sunni.
I don’t know if this report is true. I do know that we need to either go medieval, which isn’t going to happen, or get the hell out of nation building in the ME.
What is wrong with Western leaders? Is there no end to how many times they will smash themselves (us) in the face with a hammer?
OK I overreacted to the post and forgot about the article lol. I have no problem killing isis. Especially in conjunction with the Russians.
One approach is to install a pro-US government (a strongman with a big mustache) and let them take care of domestic security.
Someone like Iyad Allawi in Iraq, who should have been Prime Minister there instead of Maliki (he won more votes), but Obama interfered to force a “compromise”.
Most of the ground war being waged against ISIS is being done by Iraqis, Kurds, Sunnis, and Shia. Most of these huge cities have been held by less than 10,000 ruthless ISIS thugs. Most Iraqis do not support ISIS and are its victims.