US mulls air strikes on Tikrit, aids Iraqis with 'eye in the sky'

By W.G. Dunlop | AFP News – 6 hours ago

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ricky l • a second agoRemove

If there is no military advancement can be made on the ground without the airstrike, then strategic strike that will help to make military advances will have to be made.

But still bear in mind, should it be a carpet bombing that destroy all buildings making reconstruction costly and difficult when the war is over or should it be a surgical strike that can pry open deadlock such as clearing boobby traps, bombs, sniper position, heavy weapons emplacement etc.

If the Iraqi troops, militas and Sunni civilians in general agree that the siege did not force a surrender from IS militants holed up in there and airstrike is required to clear the danger, general consensus will be good to gain ground support for the airstrike with help from the US airstrike with precision strike.

The more than 1 week wait is good enough to show the general population that maximum restraint has been exercised in the offensive of Tikrit - an offensive with Compassion to liberate the sufferings of the civilians in Tikrit.

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