Slow-Going in Mosul

by | Nov 13, 2016

Slow-Going in Mosul

by | Nov 13, 2016

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.

Scott Horton

Scott Horton

Scott Horton is director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com and host of the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He is the author of four books. He has conducted more than 6,000 interviews since 2003. Scott lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, Larisa Alexandrovna Horton.

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