Comments on: The Battle for Mosul has Begun https://www.heatherhastie.com/the-battle-for-mosul-has-begun/ My take on our world Mon, 21 Nov 2016 05:28:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Heather Hastie https://www.heatherhastie.com/the-battle-for-mosul-has-begun/#comment-12110 Fri, 21 Oct 2016 22:50:59 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=3003#comment-12110 Here’s an excellent post from Fareed Zakaria on the retaking of Mosul that I highly recommend:
https://fareedzakaria.com/2016/10/20/why-surprise-attacks-wont-defeat-the-islamic-state/

]]> By: Heather Hastie https://www.heatherhastie.com/the-battle-for-mosul-has-begun/#comment-12095 Thu, 20 Oct 2016 13:15:21 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=3003#comment-12095 Thanks so much everybody. I greatly appreciate your kind words. 🙂

]]> By: darrelle https://www.heatherhastie.com/the-battle-for-mosul-has-begun/#comment-12094 Thu, 20 Oct 2016 12:27:43 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=3003#comment-12094 Impressive *Darth Vader voice?* Another excellent article. I can imagine the time it takes to put something like this together. Let me second all three of the comments above.

Trump didn’t seem too impressed with the US involvement in Mosul last night. Of course, even if Trump were not willfully ignorant of foreign affairs, diplomacy and military use, he would have shamelessly played it the same way because Art Of The Ste . . . uh, Deal. All is fair, so Buyer Beware.

Looking forward to your article on last night’s debate.

]]> By: Plingar https://www.heatherhastie.com/the-battle-for-mosul-has-begun/#comment-12093 Thu, 20 Oct 2016 10:54:52 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=3003#comment-12093 Excellent article Heather.
Always concise accurate and non partisan.
Hope you are well.

]]> By: BigBillK https://www.heatherhastie.com/the-battle-for-mosul-has-begun/#comment-12092 Thu, 20 Oct 2016 10:40:15 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=3003#comment-12092 Nice analysis, Heather. As usual, well written and quite readable. Thank you.

]]> By: HaggisForBrains https://www.heatherhastie.com/the-battle-for-mosul-has-begun/#comment-12091 Thu, 20 Oct 2016 10:05:13 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=3003#comment-12091 Thanks Heather for a concise summary of the situation. I now have a much clearer understanding of what’s going on in the area. As someone who doesn’t buy newspapers, and finds the nightly TV news short on insight, I rely on people like you, and your commenters, to keep me informed.

Cheers,

Colin.

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