Marie Harf: Iraq’s Forces ‘Do Have the Will To Fight’

‘We knew there would be setbacks like this but we have seen that they do have the will to fight’

HARF: "And if you remember how long it took the US and others to push Al Qaeda in Iraq back, it took many, many months, and indeed years. So, the Iraqi forces have been fighting and really contesting Ramadi for many months. We knew there would be setbacks like this. But we have seen that they do have the will to fight. We’re helping equip them, we’re helping train them. It’s going to be a long fight, though.”

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