American officials: the stability of Iraq need to keep the 20 thousand troops and an adviser

American officials: the stability of Iraq need to keep the 20 thousand troops and an adviser


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A former official at the Pentagon said the Pentagon, the United States may need to keep at least 20 thousand soldiers and other military personnel in Iraq even after the expulsion of the organization Daesh to stabilize the country.
Said Eric Edelman, one of the senior officials in the Pentagon during the George W. Bush administration in an interview that a force between 4 to 8 thousand US troops "may be enough" to help local security forces to ensure security in Iraq , where he is expected to organize Daesh defeat in the final stronghold in Mosul. He added that it is likely to be deployed US troops as advisers, not combat troops to support Iraqi military forces and police forces.
Said Mr. Edelman, who is now a prominent fellow at the Center for Strategic Assessments: "We are dealing with Daesh which weaken strongly" after nearly two years of war. It will provide US troops numbering ranges between five thousand and twenty thousand troops enough military support to Iraqi forces in order to fight alone in the yard of the traditional battlefield, fighting the remnants of the traditional Daesh strategy to combat the insurgency.
The number of approved force by former President Obama, five thousand men. An approach to many Alombrkih troops sent to Afghanistan in 2001.
US and Iraqi officials say al Daesh lost almost all of its territory in the country is expected to lose Mosul , the capital of the alleged successor and due to the intensification of the ferocity of the battle and the increased land lost by the size, the organization Daesh may return Previous to its roots as an organization that uses the tactic of terrorist operations.
Said one of the researchers in a report: "There is the inevitability of the existence of some kind of US military presence in Iraq should be " to ensure that the insurgency led by the organization Daesh does not push the country back into bloodshed and violence that swept the country during the darkest days of the American war.
Negotiations between Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi and US officials in Baghdad on a new agreement for US troops to stay in Iraq, which will determine the legal and diplomatic standards on which the American military presence in the country 's long - term began.
The researchers stress at the Pentagon on the remaining Alombrkih troops will provide political cover for Mr. Abadi against opponents for the survival of a long - term military mission in Iraq. Shiite cleric Moqtada al - Sadr and strongly opposed any deployment of US troops in Iraq after the war. Also , other Shiite groups backed by Iran stepped up its opposition to keep a large US force in the country.
It is likely that Mr. Abadi give up the idea of a parliamentary vote on any agreement of the armed forces agreements, and to issue an agreement through operational procedures, as Mr. Edelman said.
Said Mr. Superbrands, another researcher at the Pentagon: "I hope that the 2014 experience has proven that ... it may be useful to pay a political price to keep American troops in the country , " regarding the acceptance of the American presence for long periods by the Iraqis.
He said Mr. Edelman said Iraqi Shiites will stay probably divided on support for the survival of US forces in post - war, while the Sunnis and Kurds , Iraqis would support the agreement, because they see that the US forces "provide a necessary balance in the face of Iranian influence."
Tehran 's growing influence in the country may affect, any decision by the Pentagon to put more troops on the ground in Iraq. Said Mr. Superbrands: "One of the problems in the campaign [alliance] is that the partners in fighting hate each other more than they hate Daesh. With the defeat Daesh, those underlying conflicts ... may float to the surface considerably."

 about: Washington Times



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