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America is using cannons to kill mosquitoes in Iraq

The new war the U.S. is waging over Iraq is succeeding. With help on the ground from Kurdish and Iraqi troops, U.S. airstrikes have pushed fighters from the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) away from the Mosul Dam. But the daily details of U.S. military airstrikes only serve to highlight […]

Mark Thompson reports for Time:

The new war the U.S. is waging over Iraq is succeeding. With help on the ground from Kurdish and Iraqi troops, U.S. airstrikes have pushed fighters from the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) away from the Mosul Dam.

But the daily details of U.S. military airstrikes only serve to highlight how little American military might can do. “The strikes destroyed an [ISIS] Humvee,” U.S. Central Command said Wednesday. “One strike destroyed an [ISIS] Humvee near the Mosul Dam,” Sunday’s announcement said. “The strikes destroyed or damaged three [ISIS] Humvees,” Centcom said a week ago.