The U.S.’s timid third Iraq war
Air strikes may help, but on their own they won’t turn the tide against ISIS. The contrasting views of two senior U.S. military leaders on the effectiveness of American air strikes against jihadist targets in northern Iraq could hardly have been more stark “Very effective,” Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told reporters Monday in Sydney, Australia.“Very […]Mark Thompson reports for Time:
Air strikes may help, but on their own they won’t turn the tide against ISIS. The contrasting views of two senior U.S. military leaders on the effectiveness of American air strikes against jihadist targets in northern Iraq could hardly have been more stark
“Very effective,” Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told reporters Monday in Sydney, Australia.“Very temporary,” Army Lieut. General William Mayville, the director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said later in the day at the Pentagon.
