Dust storm, car bombs and confusion: Inside the Battle for Ramadi - is this just the "fog of war"?

SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. — Sat, 23 May 2015 09:55:21 -0400

It began with that dust storm, which enabled militants to launch a wave of suicide bomb attacks at a moment when the city streets were shrouded in orange haze.

Iraqi troops had limited visibility and feared their American ally's capability to provide air cover might be compromised. The initial attack targeted Ramadi's governing center, where the Iraqi army maintained a heavily fortified headquarters.

http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/05/21/ramadi-battle/27721581/

Dust storm, car bombs and confusion: Inside the Battle for Ramadi

The military's top officer summed up the recent collapse of the Ramadi like this: "The [Iraqi Security Force] was not driven out of Ramadi, they

Response by GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad made May 23 at 2015 9:59 AM

GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad — Sat, 23 May 2015 09:59:04 -0400

I don't know ... is this "fog of war" or political spin?

Response by SrA Jonathan Carbonaro made May 23 at 2015 10:26 AM

SrA Jonathan Carbonaro — Sat, 23 May 2015 10:26:13 -0400

This might be an example of why. Look out how Carl is holding the 240B.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made May 23 at 2015 4:16 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 23 May 2015 16:16:29 -0400

I view this as the Iraqi and US government as blatantly lying. In this video of the Iraqi Army fleeing you don't see any dust storms. They don't just hit one part of town. Anyone that has been in one knows that.

Gen. Martin Dempsey summed up the recent victory by Islamic State militants in the key Iraqi city of Ramadi this way:

"The [Iraqi security force] was not driven out of Ramadi; they drove out of Ramadi."

Are you kidding me. This is one of the worst assessments that I have ever heard. The Iraqi Army are cowards. It isn't as if they left for a reason. They fled because they didn't want to fight. This is the same thing as Dempsey say that Ramadi isn't important. He needs to stop drinking the kool aid. ISIS controls another major city. The Iraqi Army failed miserably. They have paper Army. It is like saying that 500 innocent people in Ramadi weren't executed by ISIS; they just died. Either way the bodies are in the streets.

I feel like I am listening to our version of Baghdad Bob. I don't think Dempsey is up to the part anymore. I am ready for Gen. Joseph F. Dunford to step in. I don't even know if he even believes what he is saying or if he is just spewing the political spin people want to hear.

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