Senators: Iraq strategy is ‘delusional’
A day after President Obama laid out his case for why U.S. military efforts against Islamic State militants are succeeding, senators tore into Pentagon officials for what they see as an ineffective, aimless Middle East strategy that has produced few positive results. "There is no compelling reason to believe that anything we are currently doing […]Leo Shane III writes for the Military Times:
A day after President Obama laid out his case for why U.S. military efforts against Islamic State militants are succeeding, senators tore into Pentagon officials for what they see as an ineffective, aimless Middle East strategy that has produced few positive results.
"There is no compelling reason to believe that anything we are currently doing will be sufficient to achieve the president's stated goal of degrading and ultimately destroying ISIL," said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., head of the Senate Armed Services Committee, using another name for the Islamic State group.
