Pentagn Denies That The U.S. Military Strategy To Battle The Islamic State Is Unravelling?

Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornets depart after refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft over Iraq, Oct. 30, 2014. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Perry Aston

Pentagon Denies US Strategy To Defeat Isis Is Unravelling -- The Guardian

Syrian resistance groups criticise Obama administration’s ‘Iraq-first’ strategy as a de facto alliance with Bashar al-Assad while Isis consolidates influence in Anbar province

The Pentagon has denied that the US strategy against Islamic State (Isis) is in disarray after a series of setbacks as the war known as Operation Inherent Resolve stretches into its fourth month.

“I don’t believe that we view current events as a major setback to the goals that we’ve set with respect to training and equipping the moderate opposition” in Syria, said Rear Admiral John Kirby, the Pentagon’s chief spokesman.

Kirby’s remarks came days after an al-Qaida-aligned faction routed one of the Syrian resistance groups on which the US has been depending to anchor an anti-Isis proxy force. The Nusra Front, al-Qaida’s affiliate in Syria, appears now to be allying with Isis, an indication that the Islamist extremist group’s fortunes are rising.

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My Comment: The Pentagon can deny all that they want, but they are reviewing their strategy .... U.S. officials consider striking another militant group in Syria, Jabhat al-Nusra (Washington Post)

Update: On a more worrisome note .... Iran is becoming increasingly involved in the Iraq - Islamic State war .... More Evidence That Iran's Military Mastermind Is Running The Iraq Ground War (Business Insider/AP)