The home team is winning in Iraq, but what happens after the fight?

We may be setting the stage for multi-factional bloodletting in the wake of Daesh’s defeat. But never mind that now.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks to American troops in Iraq, Oct. 22. The skill of the special forces of NATO members in conjunction with the U.S.-led allied airpower will ensure Daesh’s defeat in Mosul, argues Scott Taylor. U.S. Department of Defense photograph by Stephanie Dreyer

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

October 26, 2016

OTTAWA—Now that the long anticipated offensive to recapture Mosul has begun, the media coverage has become akin to that of hometown sports reporting. The tone is all rah-rah for the allied forces, and abject contempt for the evildoers of Daesh, the militant group also known as ISIS, ISIL, and Isla...

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