10's of thousands of Sunni civilian casualties. Not only a war crime but look to the political implication of a divided countryIf Iraq was smart they would pound Mosul day and night with massive artillery strikes for about 6 months before rolling in. Otherwise the butchers bill is going to be a beast.
Six months? Four parsecs? Three shakes of a lamb's tail? I have no military experience so hell if I know.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusiv...ned-strategy-shift-avert-mosul-134310459.htmlBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Facing brutal urban warfare in Mosul and with their push slowed by the presence of one million residents, Iraqi commanders examined changing strategy last week to help civilians leave to give the army a free hand to strike Islamic State fighters.
The proposal, a sign of frustration at slow progress in the six-week campaign against Islamic State in Mosul, was ultimately dismissed by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and his generals, military sources told Reuters in interviews.
Abadi and his advisers feared that fleeing residents could be massacred by the ultra-hardline militants who still control three-quarters of the city, and that authorities and aid agencies were in no position to handle a mass exodus.
But the fact they considered changing a central element of their plan, confirmed by two military sources and a government adviser, at the meeting on Nov. 24 points to growing anxiety about getting bogged down in a war of attrition in Mosul.
I say 3-6 months, in part because Obama can not let this fail, he has done almost nothing right in the region but his plan for Iraq security and his plan to beat back DAESH has to work, for his legacy. If Iraq cant get it done we will.
Say I.
impdaddy:
Note: I am aware that we already have over 5,000 set of boots there, I am talking about Obama adding what ever it takes to get this town.
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