Fred Kaplan, Slate's war stories columnist and the author of The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War (Simon & Schuster, 2014), discusses the Obama administration’s latest attempt to tackle ISIS in Iraq: authorizing 450 additional American military trainers to help Iraqi forces retake the city of Ramadi from the terrorist group.
On "trainers" in Iraq escalating: Any time someone says we're putting 1K trainers there, count on 1K more for support, says @fmkaplan.
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When Hillary Clinton was Sec of State, there was barely an inch of space between what US generals advised and her positions, says @fmkaplan.
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