Pentagon Walks Back Mosul Attack Plan Announcement

[Valin]

Via Meadia:

Feb 28, 2015

 

Well that was quick: just as Kurdish leaders were expressing dismay and surprise over the Obama Administration’s announcement that an attack on Mosul was imminent this spring, the Pentagon began walking back its tough talk from the previous week. The Daily Beast:

 

 

The U.S. military’s goal to retake Iraq’s second largest city from the self-proclaimed Islamic State has been pushed back several months at least, defense officials told The Daily Beast. That’s a major shift for the Pentagon, which recently announced that the first major ground offensive in the war against ISIS could come in the next few weeks.

 

Defense officials once hoped that Iraqi troops could move into Mosul by the Spring and reclaim the city from ISIS. Now, those officials say, Fall is more realistic. And even that date was tenuous.

 

Just what is going on inside the halls of power in President Obama’s Washington these days? Announcing the strike ahead of time struck us as a very questionable move to begin with. But announcing it without having the principals, who would actually be doing most of the fighting and dying on the ground, on board… well, it leaves us darned near-speechless.

 

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[clearvision]

What does the military say.... clusterf@ck?

[Valin]

What does the military say.... clusterf@ck?

 

 

FUBAR

[clearvision]

 

What does the military say.... clusterf@ck?

 

 

FUBAR

 

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