!["Airstrikes are effective, but neither they, nor really anything we do, can substitute for the Iraqi forces' will to fight. They're the ones who [need] that to beat ISIL and then keep them beaten," Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said. (Associated Press)](https://twt-thumbs.washtimes.com/media/image/2015/03/18/Congress_Defense.JPEG-0d4b0_s878x609.jpg?c03ffdaa1b53a6cced032b96f1797d160bbd30eb)
"Airstrikes are effective, but neither they, nor really anything we do, can substitute for the Iraqi forces' will to fight. They're the ones who [need] that to beat ISIL and then keep them beaten," Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said. (Associated Press)
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