Tonight we may get a sense of which way this may play out.
In the meantime today U.S. helicopters begin air attacks on the bid to retake Mosul. Having given ample warning of their intentions as is the norm with this amateur Commander in Chief, all the Isis leaders will be long gone from the city leaving behind Isis underlings and civilians. What secret weapons do these helicopters have that they can distinguish between Isis fighters and the civilians? How many innocent kids and their parents are going to die or be terribly injured in this folly.
For the sake of the World I hope we see tonight common sense start to prevail.