Mr. Mohemin\u2019s narrative differed. \u201cI was just a common soldier,\u201d he said. \u201cI never killed a civilian. I wasn\u2019t even on the front line.\u201d The lieutenant scoffed at him. \u201cWell, twice I was on the front line, just for a day, but not against the Kurds,\u201d Mr. Mohemin said. More scoffing. \u201cWell once against the Kurds, but only shooting from a distance. I couldn\u2019t see anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kurdish officials have been perplexed by the number of fighters who have surrendered. Many of the militants said they were ordered by their leaders to turn themselves in to the Kurds, who were known to take prisoners instead of killing them. But Capt. Ali Muhammed Syan, chief of the Asayish interrogators in Dibis, said even the fighters did not seem to know why their leaders were telling them to quit. \u201cMaybe it\u2019s some deal,\u201d he said. \u201cMaybe it\u2019s just bad morale, I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
All of the Iraqis we captured in the Gulf War claimed that they were students that had been forced into the military service. While I’m sure that happened, most of our POWs didn’t look smart enough to be students.<\/p>\n
I think it’s odd that just a few months after an American leadership change, we’re already talking about the demise of ISIS. A year ago, we were being convinced of how smart that administration was to target specific people with drones, how that was going to win the war in the Levant. Now, nine months of actually fighting an actual war seems to be doing the trick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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