An F/A-18C Hornet from the Strike Fighter Squadron 94 makes an arrested recovery on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson as the ship conducts flight operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, Dec. 4, 2014. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob G. Sisco
US Providing Little Information To Judge Progress Against Islamic State -- Stars and Stripes/McClatchy News
WASHINGTON — The American war against the Islamic State has become the most opaque conflict the United States has undertaken in more than two decades, a fight that’s so underreported that U.S. officials and their critics can make claims about progress, or lack thereof, with no definitive data available to refute or bolster their positions.
The result is that it’s unclear what impact more than 1,000 airstrikes on Iraq and Syria have had during the past four months. That confusion was on display at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing earlier this week, where the topic — “Countering ISIS: Are We Making Progress?” — proved to be a question without an answer.
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My Comment: The U.S. media's lack of interest in this war baffles my mind.
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If the president was a republican it be a different story.
The US is suffering from war fatigue. Losing really takes it out of them.
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