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Iraq
Timing for Key Iraq Battle Spurs Controversy
2015-02-25
Watching the sausage being made...
[AnNahar] Iraqi officials have expressed irritation and analysts skepticism at the U.S. prediction that an offensive to retake Iraq's key city of djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
 from jihadists could be launched in April-May.

Mosul is a major hub for the Islamic State
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  It appears command and general staff school now uses Bernard Montgomery as preferred reading instead of George Patton or Helmut Von Moltke.

20,000 troops to root out a 2,000 man insurgent group with no air force or logistics support? Montgomery would be proud of the prudence.

I believe he would still be "turning at Caen" if Ike had not stepped in.
Posted by: Mystic   2015-02-25 00:31  

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