Joint Chiefs Recommend Deploying Ground Troops If Air Strike Fails To Wipe Out ISIS

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WASHINGTON — America’s top military leader told Congress on Tuesday he would recommend that the United States consider deploying ground forces to Iraq if President Barack Obama’s expanded air campaign to destroy Islamic extremists fails.

Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Senate panel that the goal for American advisers is to help Iraqi forces with planning, logistics and coordinating military efforts by coalition partners to take out members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS).

“To be clear, if we reach the point where I believe our advisors should accompany Iraqi troops on attacks against specific ISIL targets, I will recommend that to the president,” Dempsey told the Senate Armed Services Committees, using an alternative name for the group.

SOURCE: U.S. should put boots on the ground in Iraq if air strikes fail to wipe out ISIS: Dempsey | National Post

Tarongon na jud nig gubat ni sila, ming gara na mga amaw.

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A reminder how frail is the Iraqi armed forces after the US and it's allies left Iraq.
They cold not defend the country on their own.
Well, a dilemma still exist of who would be in the military and who should spearhead it,is it the shiite or is it the sunnis.
I could see that influences of both Saudi Arabia and Iran is still tearing the region apart.