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<a class="fancybox" rel="055453f76b21d5cd9f986d9b19b0b9ed" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/043/434/for_gallery_v2/635682576834658954-17903990589-e42db9b568-k.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/043/434/large_v3/635682576834658954-17903990589-e42db9b568-k.jpg" alt="635682576834658954 17903990589 e42db9b568 k" /></a></div></div>Defense Secretary Ash Carter's blunt assessment that Iraqi forces lack the "will to fight" undermines a central premise of President Obama's strategy for defeating the Islamic State: that Iraq's military can effectively handle ground operations so Americans don't have to.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/05/26/pentagon-chiefs-take-on-iraqis-undercuts-obamas-strategy/27978347/">http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/05/26/pentagon-chiefs-take-on-iraqis-undercuts-obamas-strategy/27978347/</a>SecDef Carter's take on Iraqi's undercuts President's strategy. Will the U.S. be changing course in Iraq?2015-05-27T00:31:26-04:00GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad698441<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-43434"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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<a class="fancybox" rel="6af14170c18acaebafa4f902db413dff" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/043/434/for_gallery_v2/635682576834658954-17903990589-e42db9b568-k.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/043/434/large_v3/635682576834658954-17903990589-e42db9b568-k.jpg" alt="635682576834658954 17903990589 e42db9b568 k" /></a></div></div>Defense Secretary Ash Carter's blunt assessment that Iraqi forces lack the "will to fight" undermines a central premise of President Obama's strategy for defeating the Islamic State: that Iraq's military can effectively handle ground operations so Americans don't have to.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/05/26/pentagon-chiefs-take-on-iraqis-undercuts-obamas-strategy/27978347/">http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/05/26/pentagon-chiefs-take-on-iraqis-undercuts-obamas-strategy/27978347/</a>SecDef Carter's take on Iraqi's undercuts President's strategy. Will the U.S. be changing course in Iraq?2015-05-27T00:31:26-04:002015-05-27T00:31:26-04:00Capt Seid Waddell698524<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Defense Secretary Ash Carter has an excellent point. Sunnis led by Shia officers have no will to fight - it is a lose/lose situation for them, since the government purged the Sunni leadership. <br /><br />They are not a unified country now; the gains made during our years in Iraq were lost when we exited prematurely and allowed the situation to degrade again into sectarian fighting.Response by Capt Seid Waddell made May 27 at 2015 1:55 AM2015-05-27T01:55:34-04:002015-05-27T01:55:34-04:00Cpl Rc Layne698592<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>As a physicist, I am sure that he knows what he is talking about.Response by Cpl Rc Layne made May 27 at 2015 5:09 AM2015-05-27T05:09:25-04:002015-05-27T05:09:25-04:00GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad698648<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-43451"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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<a class="fancybox" rel="71e580d31bf86b8944e6298cafc1ac59" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/043/451/for_gallery_v2/VGGOJAl1BM-z3HWEmmdGG2pWz_q3jy8Avavotn4gakItvH2UMv5kOrqjFnZt84FsN6KQ6N99RyXYTe3dQzmjIg.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/043/451/large_v3/VGGOJAl1BM-z3HWEmmdGG2pWz_q3jy8Avavotn4gakItvH2UMv5kOrqjFnZt84FsN6KQ6N99RyXYTe3dQzmjIg.jpg" alt="Vggojal1bm z3hwemmdgg2pwz q3jy8avavotn4gakitvh2umv5korqjfnzt84fsn6kq6n99ryxyte3dqzmjig" /></a></div></div>Obama on the defense again as another defense secretary speaks ...<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-on-the-defense-again-as-another-defense-secretary-speaks/2015/05/26/49a5a20a-03d9-11e5-8bda-c7b4e9a8f7ac_story.html?tid=hpModule_f8335a3c-868c-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394&hpid=z11">http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-on-the-defense-again-as-another-defense-secretary-speaks/2015/05/26/49a5a20a-03d9-11e5-8bda-c7b4e9a8f7ac_story.html?tid=hpModule_f8335a3c-868c-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394&hpid=z11</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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Response by GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad made May 27 at 2015 6:58 AM2015-05-27T06:58:46-04:002015-05-27T06:58:46-04:002015-05-27T00:31:26-04:00