Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell said the current strategy being carried out by the Obama administration is “not going to destroy” ISIS. TV host Charlie Rose asked Morell what was the ultimate goal of the current U.S. strategy in Iraq. “The goal in the short-term is to keep the ISIS fighters from taking over Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan in the north and to free the religious group that has been trapped in the mountains there. That seems to be working. But what is going to take a lot more work, Charlie, is to actually degrade the group and to destroy the group. What we’re doing right now is not going to do that,” Morell said. Rose then asked what it would require to destroy the group. “I think two things, Morell responded. One, it’s going to require us with our capabilities to take out the leadership of the group while the Iraqi army and the Kurdish army, fights on the ground against these guys. That latter piece is going to take a political agreement in Baghdad, which we see this morning is even more difficult to get. Heres the video: Read more: businessinsider/former-cia-top-official-us-strategy-in-iraq-wont-destroy-isis-but-heres-what-will-2014-8#ixzz3A9qiDFC8
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 06:46:46 +0000
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