Another U.S. War In Iraq

The U.S.’s Timid Third Iraq War -- Mark Thompson

Air strikes may help, but on their own they won’t turn the tide against ISIS

The contrasting views of two senior U.S. military leaders on the effectiveness of American air strikes against jihadist targets in northern Iraq could hardly have been more stark.
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“Very effective,” Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told reporters Monday in Sydney, Australia.

“Very temporary,” Army Lieut. General William Mayville, the director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said later in the day at the Pentagon.

The conflicting signals were a sign of an Administration determined to do just enough to avert a humanitarian catastrophe without launching a third U.S.-Iraq war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL).

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My Comment: U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel .... U.S. air strikes in Iraq are very effective.

Army Lieut. General William Mayville (director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff) .... U.S. air strikes in Iraq are "very temporary".

Contradictory information coming out from the same building .... why am I not surprised. As to who to believe .... I learned a long time ago to not trust politicians, so I am inclined to believe that Army Lieut. General William Mayville is probably right.