Irregular Warfare has existed for as long as there has been Traditional Warfare. There has always been a clear advantage when conducting this type of unorthodox warfare. With this knowledge the Islamic State Militants (commonly known as ISIS) has adopted Irregular Warfare tactics and activities, which has led to their rapid growth through the use of propaganda, successful subversive operations, and tactics that have placed their operatives on American soil.
ISIS has capitalized on the major political campaign failures of the American government over recent years. United States troops executed order to overthrow the Iraqi regime led by Saddam Hussein, and continued sustainment operations for a limited period of time due to the outcry of the American people to bring the troops home. This premature recall of troops from Iraqi in 2009 proved to be a large campaign flaw. Iraq had been liberated, yet their new government was poorly established and was very much in need of American support. When we did not provide this support the foot hold of freedom that was gained through years of war had all but vanished in a short period of time. ISIS used the recall of troops to their advantage, …show more content…
There are ground troops and Special Forces in most areas of operation with ISIS but they are not actively engaged in force on force battle. These air strikes by American forces and recently French forces have had little to no effect on ISIS, because they are steadily adapting to the reality of enemy airpower and adjusting their tactics, techniques and procedures to negate or mitigate the effects. There has been no equitable damage known to be done to the force and by them blending into the population of the area and not being a uniformed force makes this a difficult task for any ground forces looking to take the fight to this dangerous
ISIS has capitalized on the major political campaign failures of the American government over recent years. United States troops executed order to overthrow the Iraqi regime led by Saddam Hussein, and continued sustainment operations for a limited period of time due to the outcry of the American people to bring the troops home. This premature recall of troops from Iraqi in 2009 proved to be a large campaign flaw. Iraq had been liberated, yet their new government was poorly established and was very much in need of American support. When we did not provide this support the foot hold of freedom that was gained through years of war had all but vanished in a short period of time. ISIS used the recall of troops to their advantage, …show more content…
There are ground troops and Special Forces in most areas of operation with ISIS but they are not actively engaged in force on force battle. These air strikes by American forces and recently French forces have had little to no effect on ISIS, because they are steadily adapting to the reality of enemy airpower and adjusting their tactics, techniques and procedures to negate or mitigate the effects. There has been no equitable damage known to be done to the force and by them blending into the population of the area and not being a uniformed force makes this a difficult task for any ground forces looking to take the fight to this dangerous