US forces in combat in Iraq again (not related to genocide threat)

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27. that's a reasonable expectation

. . .I would note that there may be a question of the reliability or effectiveness of the Peshmerga, essentially the Kurdish army, in maintaining that rollback. Indeed, it's a question right now why those forces have been ineffective in protecting these civilians on their own, or in concert with other Iraqi forces - or are seen as such - when ISIS/ISIL has been described as a relatively small force... even with the weaponry the insurgents seized, they are less experienced and less equipped than those Kurdish forces were advertized as being.

One explanation why they haven't been sufficient in resisting the insurgents may well be that the capability of the Kurdish force has been inflated in reports beyond their actual ability.