GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad 675369 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/police-military-retreat-from-key-iraqi-city-seized-by-islamic-state/2015/05/17/60e2da12-fc92-11e4-805c-c3f407e5a9e9_story.html?hpid=z1">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/police-military-retreat-from-key-iraqi-city-seized-by-islamic-state/2015/05/17/60e2da12-fc92-11e4-805c-c3f407e5a9e9_story.html?hpid=z1</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/014/101/qrc/2015-05-17T200419Z_01_BAG503_RTRIDSP_3_MIDEAST-CRISIS-IRAQ-7582.jpg?1443042142"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/police-military-retreat-from-key-iraqi-city-seized-by-islamic-state/2015/05/17/60e2da12-fc92-11e4-805c-c3f407e5a9e9_story.html?hpid=z1">Key Iraqi city falls to ISIS as defenders retreat</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">The fall of Ramadi dealt a blow to Iraq’s U.S.-backed government and its military campaign to drive the extremist group out of the war-torn country.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-05-17T18:09:06-04:00 GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad 675369

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/police-military-retreat-from-key-iraqi-city-seized-by-islamic-state/2015/05/17/60e2da12-fc92-11e4-805c-c3f407e5a9e9_story.html?hpid=z1">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/police-military-retreat-from-key-iraqi-city-seized-by-islamic-state/2015/05/17/60e2da12-fc92-11e4-805c-c3f407e5a9e9_story.html?hpid=z1</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/014/101/qrc/2015-05-17T200419Z_01_BAG503_RTRIDSP_3_MIDEAST-CRISIS-IRAQ-7582.jpg?1443042142"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/police-military-retreat-from-key-iraqi-city-seized-by-islamic-state/2015/05/17/60e2da12-fc92-11e4-805c-c3f407e5a9e9_story.html?hpid=z1">Key Iraqi city falls to ISIS as defenders retreat</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">The fall of Ramadi dealt a blow to Iraq’s U.S.-backed government and its military campaign to drive the extremist group out of the war-torn country.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-05-17T18:09:06-04:00 2015-05-17T18:09:06-04:00 MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca 675412

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Glass parking lots for everyone!! It&#39;s a waste of real estate anyways :-)

2015-05-17T18:42:17-04:00 2015-05-17T18:42:17-04:00 LTC Yinon Weiss 675438

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>ISIS now holds both Mosul and Ramadi. Iraq is falling apart faster than even pessimistic projections. My concern is that the fundamental situation is far worse than anyone is admitting.

2015-05-17T18:59:12-04:00 2015-05-17T18:59:12-04:00 SFC Steve Welsch 675480

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Time to rethink and change tactics.

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