Secret plan to trump anti-IG was identical to the strategy Obama
Moscow. March 18. INTERFAX.RU — the Secret plan of the US President Donald trump in the fight against militants from the terrorist group “Islamic state” (banned in Russia) is very similar to the plan former American leader Barack Obama, said in a Friday NBC News, citing two senior officials familiar with the document.
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In their opinion, “it appears that the plan is partly more than intensification continues to slow, thorough approach, which trump ridiculed under the Obama administration”.
“The plan provides for the continuation of the bombing, increased support and assist local forces in order to liberate the Iraqi city of Mosul and, ultimately, the Syrian Raqqa, the overlap of the sources of income of ISIS, the stabilization of the situation in the territories conquered by ISIS,” shared information officials.
Two well-known expert on military strategy considered the plan “unsatisfactory” and are concerned that the document “may not fulfill the promise of a trump “to completely destroy ISIS” and do it quickly.”
In turn, Pentagon spokesman Jeff Davis said, that “the preliminary plan is an ambitious strategy that gives even more value diplomacy, economy and information, rather than the military component”. He stressed that the document “is based on the national approach, improving the coordination of the instruments of power in the field of public diplomacy, cyberspace, information, Finance and military fields and strengthens coordination between the regions.”
A source in the Ministry of defense of the United States noted that the document “eliminates many of the burdensome elements of the process of decision-making that still exist that will allow you to make decisions more quickly and with greater flexibility.”
According to the official data of the U.S. government, “on the ground” in Syria, there are 500 American soldiers in Iraq — 5 thousand 200, reports NBC News. However, according to a senior representative of the armed forces of the United States, “the real number is at least twice more.”
Earlier, the US President has ordered the Pentagon to prepare a plan to destroy ISIS in Syria and Iraq, the draft document has been submitted to the President. Officials who participated in the preparation of the plan, I propose to remove restrictions on the number of American troops in Syria, it is 500 people, reported March 6, the Washington Post.
On 9 March, the representative of the international coalition John Dorrian said that the United States sends to Syria for additional 400 troops. March 15, The Washington Post, citing officials from the Ministry of defense wrote that the Ministry is going to send at least 1 thousand troops to Syria on the eve of the attack on the city of Raqqa.