12-18-2016, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by crockett
Notice the difference between the US's tactics while helping Iraq deal with ISIS vs Russia's tactics helping Syria. For Russia and Syria it's taken over a year of bombing the shit out of Aleppo to push ISIS out "mostly". While doing this ISIS captured another city in Syria.
Meanwhile in Iraq, the US did not bomb Mosul to rubble and yet with Iraq forces and our help we pushed ISIS almost completely out of that city in a little over a month of fighting and have just about pushed them out of Iraq. Of course the fight is not over yet, but it's obvious we are doing way better than Russia is in Syria.
It's pretty clear Russia and Assad are more worried about killing Opposition forces than actually killing ISIS, I think this is what it comes down to.
Why does it take Russia & Assad a year of fighting only to then lose more ground while competently destroying a major city? Putin should be trying to learn from the US, not stirring up troubles.
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According to Tabacek, some 100,000 people have managed to flee the violence in Mosul, yet approximately 10 times more are still in the city and facing a ?dire humanitarian situation.?
After almost two months of operation to liberate Mosul ?we have more than 100,000 people who have fled the city and surrounding areas,? the Oxfam representative said. ?Still more than a million people, we believe, are trapped inside Mosul and they are at risk from being caught by sniper fire, explosive devices. And it's really important that all sides in this conflict provide safe escape routes for those people to leave.?
Mosul was captured by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) back in 2014 and later turned into a self-proclaimed capital of the jihadists in Iraq. The operation to retake the key city started on October 17, with tens of thousands of Iraqi military, special forces and militias taking part. The mission is also supported by the US-led international coalition.
?The situation is not great, particularly with winter arriving in Iraq,? Tabacek said. Yet ?so far most of the displaced families leaving Mosul have been able to access some form of assistance from Oxfam and from others [humanitarian organizations]."
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