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2016-12-05 Iraq

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Posted by badanov 2016-12-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 The Iraqi offensive has run out of steam...ISIS launching local counterattacks...not long before the cries for US troops to pull their behinds out of the fire begin.

Posted by Tennessee 2016-12-05 00:57|| 2016-12-05 00:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Taking Mosul was never going to be easy. They're likely better off consolidating what gains they've made. But the politicians will decide that one.

Posted by Pappy 2016-12-05 11:27|| 2016-12-05 11:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Street to Street and House to House is the worst nightmare of the infantry. Even worse than attacking a hilltop fortified enemy.

Give these guys a break and realize that taking Mosul will be a long slow grind...they have fellow Iraqis by the thousands in Mosul and how do you root out ISIS if they are comingled with the civilians and dressing like women???

Its time for the Hammer and Anvil...shift the main attack to the west and force ISIS into the forces on the east.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2016-12-05 12:23|| 2016-12-05 12:23|| Front Page Top

#4 as bad as it is in Iraq, it is worse in Syria

about 50k fatalities in the Iraq vs ISIS
about 500k fatalities in the Syrian civil war

Posted by lord garth 2016-12-05 13:43|| 2016-12-05 13:43|| Front Page Top

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