War against Islamic State to last years in Iraq, Syria
Without reliable allies on the ground, the US mission to 'degrade, defeat and destroy' Islamic State is in doubt
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- Campaign weaknesses
- Over-reliance on air power
- Unreliable local forces -- Syria
- Unreliable local forces -- Iraq
- Coalition half-measures
- Ideologically driven adversaries
- Outlook
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_350.jpg "US Defense Secretary Ash Carter and a US Special Forces Group with Iraqi Major General Falah al Mohamedawi at a training exercise at the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service Academy (Reuters/Carolyn Kaster/Pool)")