joG
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Re: Iraqi forces losing 'will to fight' against ISIS
It is like a fire. You fight it, where need be, well knowing that you cannot put it out before it has run its course. Sometimes you won't be able to save the house that is closer to the woods.
You started fighting al Qaeda in A-Stan back in 2001. Today they're bigger, cover a vastly larger area and are menacing the region like never before, lol, you can't "eliminate" the "problem" permanently. The US military may have its uses, this is obviously not one of them.
It is like a fire. You fight it, where need be, well knowing that you cannot put it out before it has run its course. Sometimes you won't be able to save the house that is closer to the woods.