Will This Lead to US Boots on the Ground in Iraq?

Ramadi, capital of the Sunni-dominated Anbar province, fell to ISIS on Sunday. Five hundred people were killed  and more than eight thousand others were displaced by the fighting. 

The U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State boosted its support to Iraqi forces in Ramadi, conducting nineteen air strikes in the past seventy-two hours. Meanwhile, Iran's defense minister arrived  in Baghdad  for talks with senior Iraqi leaders. 

The War Street Journal writes:

Ramadi’s fall undercuts White House and Pentagon assurances that the war against Islamic State is going well. The reality is that the political limitations that the White House has put on U.S. military planners have allowed ISIS to hold or retake most of its ground. Half-hearted wars rarely end in victory.

  -RW