Top U.S. General Responds To Critics On The U.S. War Strategy Against The Islamic State

Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listens to a local Iraqi Army commander at al-Asad Air Base on Jan. 8. (Dominique A. Pineiro/ Defense Department)

Washington Post: Top general rejects notion that Pentagon is ‘putting Band-Aids’ on the ISIS problem

ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT — Flying home from Brussels last week in a silver trailer fastened to the inside of a C-17 cargo jet, the U.S. military’s top general appeared in an easygoing mood. He had just spent two days meeting with his counterparts from other NATO nations, and was travelling to a submarine base in Kings Bay, Ga.

So when Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was asked about the state of operations against the Islamic State terrorist group, he was blunt. He rejected the notion that he, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter and other U.S. officials have adopted a strategy that is too reactive — gradually increasing the number of U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria whenever bad news dictates.

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WNU Editor: Gen. Joseph F. Dunford is obviously feeling the heat from critics who are wondering why it is taking so long to push back (and defeat) the Islamic State.

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