10,000 to 15,000 US boots on the ground in Iraq can bring stability

NATO Commander retired Admiral James Stavridis feels that US President Barack Obama should send at least 10,000 American ground troops to Iraq to turn the tide of the war on the ISIS terror army dailymail.co.uk.

The former NATO commander insisted that the reality on the ground 'is not good news, but we're going to need to put U.S. boots on the ground there.' His estimate is that it need not be of the order of 150,000 like at peak in Iraq, but probably 10,000.
They would carry out the advising, training and mentoring thereby making the Iraqi security forces effective and draw the (Kurdish) Peshmerga into the game.
The strategy proposed by Stavridis is to go in for a three-pronged attack – pin the ISIS militants between the Pehmerga in the north, Iraqi security in the south, (and) the US bombing in the west. If that happens, there is still a chance to turn the tide.

Incidentally, a poll conducted by NBC News/Wall Street Journal and released in late September indicate that 72 per cent of Americans think Obama will have to change his mind on the question of greater involvement in Iraq.