New York Times: Disclosures of Battle Plan by Pentagon Startle Many
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has been eager to show momentum against the Islamic State after a conference last week dramatized the hurdles to countering the terrorist group’s propaganda. But the Pentagon may have gone too far in sharing its military planning.
On Thursday, a senior official from the American military’s Central Command told reporters that Iraqi and Kurdish forces, with help from the United States, were preparing to launch an assault to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul in April or May, before the searing heat of the Iraqi summer. The assault force, the official said, would consist of up to 25,000 Iraqi and Kurdish troops.
WNU Editor: The bizarreness of this is even more compounded by the Pentagon admitting publicly that they do not have confidence in the strategy of their war plan .... Exclusive: Pentagon Doubts Its Own ISIS War Plan (Nancy A. Youssef, Daily Beast).
Update: The new U.S. Secretary of Defense is trying to put some order ton this chaos .... New US Secretary of Defense silent on date of Mosul offensive, says US will take supporting role (Jerusalem Post).
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