US Defense Chief: Iraqi Forces ‘Showed No Will to Fight’

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter attributes the fall of the Iraqi provincial capital of Ramadi to Islamic State (IS/ISIL) forces last week to a lack of will by Iraqi forces to fight. Carter's comments follow President Barack Obama’s assessment that the fight to degrade and destroy the IS group will have to be “a multi-year commitment.”    Secretary Carter, speaking on CNN Sunday, said the Iraqi army was not outnumbered, but in fact vastly outnumbered the...

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