Posted on Feb 1, 2016
More U.S. troops in Iraq may be needed for conventional warfare ops targeting ISIS
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The top U.S. general in Iraq said Monday that more American troops on the ground may be needed to help the Iraqi army mount the kind of conventional warfare operations needed to defeat Islamic State militants.
“Yes, there is a good potential that we will need additional capabilities, additional forces to provide those capabilities. And we're looking at the right mix … in consultation with the government of Iraq and our other partners,” Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland told reporters Monday.
The general said the American-led military training mission there is now focused more on conventional warfare tactics. “We have shifted from a pure counterinsurgency focus and are now preparing the [Iraqi security forces] to conduct what we refer to as combined arms operations,” MacFarland said in a video teleconference from Iraq.
“Yes, there is a good potential that we will need additional capabilities, additional forces to provide those capabilities. And we're looking at the right mix … in consultation with the government of Iraq and our other partners,” Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland told reporters Monday.
The general said the American-led military training mission there is now focused more on conventional warfare tactics. “We have shifted from a pure counterinsurgency focus and are now preparing the [Iraqi security forces] to conduct what we refer to as combined arms operations,” MacFarland said in a video teleconference from Iraq.
More U.S. troops in Iraq may be needed for conventional warfare ops targeting ISIS
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I expect that conventional troops are needed for both Combat and Combat Support functions SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL. Some will have purely conventional functions while others can be used for force packages for specific operations, etc.
While some will most likely should be based in Iraq, Kuwait and Turkey others can be bases elsewhere and USMC and Naval assets can be "based" in the Mediterranean sea in the Pacific Ocean, etc. It is doubtful that the Obama administration will trumpet a requirements for additional forces but they may do it quietly.
While some will most likely should be based in Iraq, Kuwait and Turkey others can be bases elsewhere and USMC and Naval assets can be "based" in the Mediterranean sea in the Pacific Ocean, etc. It is doubtful that the Obama administration will trumpet a requirements for additional forces but they may do it quietly.
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Capt Walter Miller
Anybody have a handle on the insurgency quotient in Iraq?
If we send combat brigades in there are the supply convoys they need going to be savaged by IEDs again?
If we send combat brigades in there are the supply convoys they need going to be savaged by IEDs again?
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MAJ (Join to see)
That is what happens when you don't have a strategy in the first place. Creep is just a natural way of not looking bad politically while not having to admit you were wrong.
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