This is good news but we need to do more than just “put a hurting on” these barbarians.
Via CNS News:
“ISIL continues to pose a threat…to U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq,” a Pentagon spokesman said on Thursday. But, he added, “We certainly put a hurting on them with respect to their activities in and around Erbil. And we’ll continue to do that as needed.”
Rear Admiral John Kirby told reporters that of the 25 U.S. airstrikes conducted so far, about half of them have been aimed at ISIL targets in and around Erbil, to protect U.S. personnel and facilities; and the other half took place in and around Mt. Sinjar as part of the effort to rescue people stranded there.
“[W]hat I would tell you is, we still believe that Erbil faces threats from ISIL. It’s just unclear exactly what their full intent is.”