Patrick Cockburn writes that the combined forces invading Mosul are bogged down, and that due to large numbers of civilians trapped there the U.S. air power cannot just flatten the place as they did in Ramadi.
Perhaps there will still be enough ISIS left in Mosul and Raqqa for Trump to “justify” sending in the Marines or Airborne next spring after all.
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