Posted on May 27, 2015
Should the U.S. be supplying higher-grade military equipment to the Iraqis? Won't it eventually end up with ISIS?
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Looking to boost Iraqi fighting forces, President Barack Obama said the U.S. and its allies need to examine whether they are deploying military assets effectively against Islamic State militants as Iraq mounts a new offensive to recapture critical territory west of Baghdad.
The White House says it already is responding to demands by Iraqi fighters for more powerful anti-tank weapons to confront armored vehicles that the Islamic State has used as potent and deadly car bombs. But officials stressed the examination did not represent a reassessment of the U.S. military approach to the fight against the militants.
"We continue to have confidence in the strategy," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. "This is not a fight the U.S. is going to fight for the Iraqi people."
http://www.airforcetimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/05/26/obama-us-must-examine-how-assets-are-being-used-in-is-fight/27964819/
The White House says it already is responding to demands by Iraqi fighters for more powerful anti-tank weapons to confront armored vehicles that the Islamic State has used as potent and deadly car bombs. But officials stressed the examination did not represent a reassessment of the U.S. military approach to the fight against the militants.
"We continue to have confidence in the strategy," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. "This is not a fight the U.S. is going to fight for the Iraqi people."
http://www.airforcetimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/05/26/obama-us-must-examine-how-assets-are-being-used-in-is-fight/27964819/
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