Posted on Sep 25, 2014
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I was watching the news last night and a couple of the people thought we should use U.S. ground forces instead of the Syrian and Iraqi ground forces. Is it a need that we send in our troops? Or do we just continue with the air strikes?
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Iraqi troops aren’t up to the fight, for whatever reason. Cultural, tribal/religious/ideological loyalties, or just an inability to wrap their heads around the idea. Training them for combat operations/COIN/stability operations is going to take a ground presence. Anyone that says otherwise is lying, ignorant, or delaying the inevitable truth.
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SSgt well said, I completely agree.
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I "DITTO" SSGT Tony Lamb!!
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We will have to be involved. We need to develop a coalition since COIN operations take a decade or more to be effective, but I can not see any force out there that can take on ISIL alone.
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