So much for Obama’s ‘historic’ coalition. So far, more civilians than terrorists have been killed in Obama’s pin prick air strikes against ISIS. It’s gotten to the point that ISIS terrorists are already adjusting to the air strikes as Obama fails again.
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Islamic State in Iraq and Syria militants are adjusting to U.S. airstrikes, making it more difficult to target them, an Air Force general said Monday.
ISIS fighters in Iraq and Syria had previously traveled in columns of vehicles with flags, Air Force Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, Air Force assistant deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and requirements, told reporters at a briefing Monday.
“They are now dispersing themselves to allow themselves situations to be more survivable, if you will, which requires us to work harder to locate them, and then develop the situation to appropriately target them,” Harrigian said.
Harrigian did not say how the Air Force would mitigate the difficulty, which points to some of the challenges the U.S. faces in conducting an air-only military campaign and not having capable forces on the ground yet.Earlier Monday, the Pentagon admitted that some assessments of civilian casualties were “inconclusive” since the U.S. was only using drones to assess the results of strikes from the air.
“The evidence is going to be inconclusive often. Remember we’re using [intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance] to determine the battle damage assessment,” Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren said Monday.