SecDef Carter's take on Iraqi's undercuts President's strategy. Will the U.S. be changing course in Iraq?

GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad — Wed, 27 May 2015 00:31:26 -0400

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.

http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/05/26/pentagon-chiefs-take-on-iraqis-undercuts-obamas-strategy/27978347/

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made May 27 at 2015 1:55 AM

Capt Seid Waddell — Wed, 27 May 2015 01:55:34 -0400

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.

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 Cpl Rc Layne made May 27 at 2015 5:09 AM

Cpl Rc Layne — Wed, 27 May 2015 05:09:25 -0400

As a physicist, I am sure that he knows what he is talking about.

Response by GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad made May 27 at 2015 6:58 AM

GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad — Wed, 27 May 2015 06:58:46 -0400

Obama on the defense again as another defense secretary speaks ...

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

Obama on the defense again as another defense secretary speaks

With his “will to fight” comments, Ashton Carter is just the latest of the president’s Pentagon chiefs to cause him headaches.