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  • Experts: U.S. claims Ramadi a mere setback are ‘delusional

    05/18/2015 6:27:56 PM PDT · by tcrlaf · 37 replies
    McClatchey DC ^ | 5-18-2015 | Jonathan S. Landay and Hannah Allam
    The Obama administration Monday called the fall of the capital of Iraq’s Anbar province to the Islamic State a temporary setback that Iraqi forces would reverse with U.S. support. Experts dismissed that assessment as ludicrous. “Delusional, really, is the better word,” Ali Khedery, a former U.S. official who served as an adviser to five U.S. ambassadors to Iraq and three heads of U.S. Central Command, said of the administration’s statement. “It’s unbelievable, frankly. I now know what it’s like to have lived through Vietnam, I guess.” Experts called the loss a stunning blow to the Iraqi government and U.S. strategy....