Both sides want to avoid a repeat of 2011 U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. read more
If ISIS were gone, that would be good. They represent the particularly psychopathic wing of the Islamo-fascist jihad wing of Islam. read more
The presence of U.S. advisers and other support would help stabilize the military and avoid the type of catastrophe in 2014 when Islamic State, or ISIS, militants easily captured Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, and other cities and towns as many of Iraq's soldiers fled. read more