Why did the US expose the plan to attack Mosul?
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/31/middleeast/iraq-isis-tikrit/index.html
They claim it's a warning to civilians that might want to flee in advance of the assault. But that's months away and if there isn't enough reason to leave Mosul today, it won't matter. It makes no sense.
So why then the warning?
Simple, the short goal is to win the war, the longer goal is to blunt all the aggressors. If Iran is fighting on the side of Iraqi government forces, then the US does not want that to be an easy fight they want to attrit the Iranian forces as well because that makes them less of a threat in the future against Saudi and Jordanian forces. Victory will come but the US planners are considering the outcome of current actions.
They warned ISIS to make them move forces forward to defend the advance which will make them easier to kill by exposing them on more fronts and then forcing Iraqi forces to waste their strength against harder defenses in depth.
The victory will come, but they can achieve a secondary goal of blunting ALL the antagonists. Sounds like karma to me for all those American casualties....
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/31/middleeast/iraq-isis-tikrit/index.html
They claim it's a warning to civilians that might want to flee in advance of the assault. But that's months away and if there isn't enough reason to leave Mosul today, it won't matter. It makes no sense.
So why then the warning?
Simple, the short goal is to win the war, the longer goal is to blunt all the aggressors. If Iran is fighting on the side of Iraqi government forces, then the US does not want that to be an easy fight they want to attrit the Iranian forces as well because that makes them less of a threat in the future against Saudi and Jordanian forces. Victory will come but the US planners are considering the outcome of current actions.
They warned ISIS to make them move forces forward to defend the advance which will make them easier to kill by exposing them on more fronts and then forcing Iraqi forces to waste their strength against harder defenses in depth.
The victory will come, but they can achieve a secondary goal of blunting ALL the antagonists. Sounds like karma to me for all those American casualties....
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