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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe challenge in Mosul won’t be to defeat the Islamic State....By David Petraeus
The challenge in Mosul wont be to defeat the Islamic State. It will be what comes after.David Petraeus is a retired U.S. Army general who commanded coalition forces in Iraq from 2007 to 2008 and Afghanistan from 2010 to 2011 and served as CIA director from 2011 to 2012. He is a partner in a major global investment firm.
In the next few months, a mixed force of Iraqi Arab and Kurdish security forces including various Sunni and perhaps some Shiite militia elements will enter Mosul, clear the city of Islamic State extremists and then work to bring governance, stability and reconstruction to one of Iraqs most complex cities and its province.
There is no question that the Islamic State will be defeated in Mosul; the real question is what comes afterward. Can the post-Islamic State effort resolve the squabbling likely to arise over numerous issues and bring lasting stability to one of Iraqs most diverse and challenging provinces? Failure to do so could lead to ISIS 3.0.
The prospect of the operation to clear Mosul brings to mind experiences from the spring of 2003, when the 101st Airborne Division, which I was privileged to command, entered a Mosul in considerable turmoil. Our first task, once a degree of order had been restored, was to determine how to establish governance. That entailed getting Iraqi partners to help run the city of nearly 2 million people and the rest of Nineveh Province a very large area about which we knew very little.
Establishing a representative interim council to work with us in Nineveh proved to be no easy task and its formation and subsequent developments hold insights for the coming endeavor in Mosul.
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The challenge in Mosul won’t be to defeat the Islamic State....By David Petraeus (Original Post)
DonViejo
Aug 2016
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malaise
(269,157 posts)1. Fuck Betrayus
and the illegal war and occupation of Iraq
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)2. I'm no fan of Petraeus, but I respect his
personal knowledge, experience, and understanding of the parties that ultimately have to work this out. I'm hoping ISIL will be a common enemy that will bring these groups together with a common cause.
But I thought trump was going to micromanage or nuke the area.