The following is a report worthy of Baghdad Bob who continued to provide glowing reports about Iraqi victories as our tanks were rolling through the gates of Baghdad.
Military Times ... May 15, 2015
Islamic State on the defensive in Iraq, Syria
Islamic State forces have been degraded despite two high-profile complex attacks ongoing in Iraq, the chief of staff for the allied mission against the militants said Friday morning.
While the above report was being announced, reality was raising its ugly head as ISIS stormed Ramadi and the Iraqi military, numerically superior but unwilling to engage, was collapsing and retreating before them leaving behind vast stores of weapons and military hardware.
Fox News ... May 18, 2015
ISIS claims to have taken Ramadi, Pentagon admits terror group 'has the advantage'
"Ramadi has fallen," Muhannad Haimour, a spokesman for the provincial governor of Anbar, told AP Sunday. "The city was completely taken. ... The military is fleeing."
Breitbart ... May 17, 2015
ISLAMIC STATE TAKES OVER IRAQI CITY OF RAMADI
With defeat looming, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered security forces not to abandon their posts across Anbar province, apparently fearing the extremists could capture the entire desert region that saw intense fighting after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion to topple dictator Saddam Hussein.
Sunday’s retreat recalled the collapse of Iraqi security forces last summer in the face of the Islamic State group’s blitz into Iraq that saw it capture a third of the country, where it has declared a caliphate, or Islamic State. It also calls into question the Obama administration’s hopes of relying solely on airstrikes to support the Iraqi forces in expelling the extremists.
And now a victory for the heroes of Delta Force, giving Obama bragging rights:
The New York Times ... May 16, 2015
ISIS Official Killed in U.S. Raid in Syria, Pentagon Says
In a statement early Saturday, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said the killing of Abu Sayyaf dealt a “significant blow” to the group. The militant leader was said to be involved in the Islamic State’s military operations and helped direct its “illicit oil, gas and financial operations” that raised the funds necessary for the organization to operate. Officials said the raid was approved by President Obama.
We kill an accountant and ISIS captures a city. Everything is going according to plan ... if you understand the plan, and if you want to understand the plan you must accept the fact that ISIS is supposed to win.
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