Officials: War Against The Islamic State Could Last Years

Pentagon Spokesman On Fighting ISIS: 'I Think We Are In This For A Matter Of Years' -- CNN

(CNN) -- The United States and its allies are steeling themselves for what an American defense official described Thursday as a years-long fight against the so-called Islamic State, a revelation that came as airstrikes pummeled oil refineries in Syria used by the terror group to help fund its operations

"I think we are in this for a matter of years," the Pentagon spokesman, Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby, told CNN Thursday. "... We are steeling ourselves for that period of time."

U.S.-led airstrikes hit locations overnight in a remote area of eastern Syria where ISIS has been using mobile refineries to produce oil that brings in up to $2 million a day for the group.

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My Comment: These Pentagon and British officials are wrong .... this conflict in its present shape will last longer ... much longer.