Kurdish Peshmerga fighters stand guard on the outskirts of Mosul (Reuters/Azad Lashkari)
Daily Beast: Pentagon Scrubs Major Attack on ISIS
Just days ago, the generals were trumpeting plans to knock ISIS out of its most important stronghold in Iraq. Now, those plans are on indefinite hold.
The U.S. military’s goal to retake Iraq’s second largest city from the self-proclaimed Islamic State has been pushed back several months at least, defense officials told The Daily Beast. That’s a major shift for the Pentagon, which recently announced that the first major ground offensive in the war against ISIS could come in the next few weeks.
Defense officials once hoped that Iraqi troops could move into Mosul by the Spring and reclaim the city from ISIS. Now, those officials say, Fall is more realistic. And even that date was tenuous.
“It is an Iraqi decision but we don’t want to do anything until they are ready and can win decisively,” a military official explained to the Daily Beast. “They cannot now.”
WNU Editor: I just do no get it. Th U.S. has tens of thousands of soldiers, body armor, advance tech, satellites. aircraft, precision bombs, and alliances with scores of countries. The Islamic State numbers has a few thousand dedicated fighters .... and that is about it. But in this great match-up it is the U.S. that hesitates?!?!?!?! Something is wrong with this picture
More News On The Pentagon Scraping Plans To Recapture Mosul
Pentagon scraps attack on Mosul; Iraqi forces not ready for major battle -- Washington Times
US rethinks 'spring offensive' against ISIL in Mosul: Officials -- Press TV
Pentagon gives up plan to take Mosul from ISIS by springtime -- Haaretz
US rethinking plan to retake Mosul from ISIS -- WSJ/FOX News
