But one option being considered is for American troops to step up their support of the fighters by firing artillery, shooting mortars, helping with logistics and significantly expanding efforts to advise them, much as the United States is doing for Iraqi forces in the battle for Mosul<\/p>\n
In late January, President Trump gave the defense secretary, Jim Mattis, 30 days to develop a \u201cpreliminary plan\u201d to defeat the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL. That deadline is fast approaching.<\/p>\n
Mr. Trump has not said what steps he is prepared to take to make good on his campaign vow to hasten the defeat of the Islamic State. But he has a high regard for American generals and for Mr. Mattis, and he is likely to be receptive to their recommendations.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Well, we’ve always known that was true and that the Obama Administration was kicking that can down the road for the next administration.<\/p>\n
The United States has about 500 Special Operations troops in Syria. If the American military presence were to be expanded, additional personnel could come from conventional combat units, though General Votel stressed that he would not recommend deploying large combat formations.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to bring the right capabilities forward,\u201d he said. \u201cNot all of those are necessarily resident in the Special Operations community. If we need additional artillery or things like that, I want to be able to bring those forward to augment our operations.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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