(February 20, 2015 at 4:10 pm)Minimalist Wrote: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015...his-spring
Quote:U.S.: Major Offensive Planned Against ISIS In Mosul This Spring
Telling the enemy where and when you are coming is usually frowned on.
Quote:“The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.”
Carl Von Clausewitz
But, here, I wonder if it is not a ploy to draw ISIS into a battle of attrition that they cannot hope to win?
If they bugger out of Mosul, they will lose their shining rep among the more violent camel-fuckers and, if they mass to fight, they will be slaughtered in droves.
If they retreat from Mosul in any kind of numbers we will slaughter them anyways.