Source: Asia Times.
By Brian M Downing
Three years after US troops left Iraq, Washington is considering reintroducing ground troops to fight the Islamic State (IS). Not advisers, not beefed up embassy details; regular infantry and special forces battalions.
The Islamic State’s bold victories contrast with the tired proclamations of aging al-Qaeda leaders and with the dismal defeats suffered by Arab armies over the years. IS may reap a huge crop of recruits and win the allegiance of kindred Islamist groups across the Muslim world. It may also win the allegiance of local populations who will reluctantly prefer harsh rule to no rule at all – or to the rule of vengeful Shi’ites.
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Its very balanced and rational article. Facts on ground support all the conclusions. Current IS is mixture of idiots from all over. Since no concrete resistance was put from any side as such these idiots surviving. With close air combat support coupled with ground operations will force the current IS idiots to vanish with in couple of weeks.
I think it was Press TV which reported how recently it was observed that IS received weapons supplies by air drops from several airplanes. – These ‘idiots’ have some proper backing from somewhere.