Posted on Jun 21, 2014

Do you agree?: David Petraeus: U.S. Can't Be Air Force for Iraq's Militias

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Gen. David Petraeus, who served as the top commander in Iraq, issued a blunt warning against U.S. military intervention to support of Baghdad's government.

The Shiite-led government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has requested U.S. airstrikes to “break the morale” of Sunni fighters currently running amok who have seized several cities.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/iraq-turmoil/david-petraeus-u-s-cant-be-air-force-iraqs-militias-n135311

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1LT Shawn McCarthy

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He is completely right.
First of all, simply being the air support without a coherent strategy won't get us anywhere.
Secondly, picking sectarian sides is a bad idea.
We should support the government or resign it to failure.
And if we support it, we should try to take a behind-the-scenes role in ensuring it isn't filled with sectarian hacks.

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Do you take "HUAs" or do I need to have those exchanged into "Hooahs"? Either way you've earned at least five.

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CPT Jack Durish

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If our next steps in the Middle East were purely a military matter, I'd turn to someone like Petraeus for an opinion. Sadly, it's a political/diplomatic mess created by a long succession of political/diplomatic missteps. Until someone sorts out all that and provides a clear mission statement to the military, I don't think the combined might of all our "military minds" could solve it.

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