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October 18th, 2014 
David Schulberg
Accoridng to Press TV, Gen. Lloyd Austin, the head of the United States Central Command, said on Friday Washington’s focus was to “defeat and ultimately destroy” the terrorist group.
“The campaign to destroy ISIL will take time, and there will be occasional setbacks along the way,” he said, adding that “particularly in these early stages of the campaign as we coach and mentor a force (in Iraq) that is actively working to regenerate capability after years of neglect and poor leadership.”
General Austin noted that “Iraq is our main effort, and it has to be, and the things that we’re doing right now in Syria are being done primarily to shape the conditions in Iraq.”
The US general also defended training 5,000 members of the so-called “moderate” Syrian insurgents, saying the plan was realistic.
Austin overseeing the campaign against ISIL said the key was what the group would look like in eight months to a year.
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