Are The People Who Run U.S. Central Command Stupid?

William M. Arkin, Phase Zero/Gawker: Why Is CENTCOM So Stupid?



Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is in Washington today to meet President Obama. To set the stage yesterday, U.S. Central Command—the military command charged with advancing U.S. interests in the Middle East—announced that ISIS has lost control of 25 to 30 percent of its territory since August. The Pentagon briefing map, pictured below, is meticulous in its utter irrelevance.


The Pentagon spokesmen said that "coalition forces" expected to clear Tikrit of ISIS/ISIL "relatively soon" and that the front line "has been pushed either west or south, depending on location."



WNU Editor: A brutal look at how the higher-ups in the U.S. military operate. As to what is my take .... I gave up reading CENTCOM press releases a long time ago.