CNN: Military analysts: Donald Trump's plan to bomb Iraq's oil fields not a good one

By Jeremy Diamond, Jul. 10, 2015, CNN

Washington (CNN)Donald Trump wants to "bomb the hell" out of Iraq's oil fields in order to strike at ISIS.

"If I win, I would attack those oil sites that are controlled and owned -- they are controlled by ISIS," Trump said. "I wouldn't send many troops because you won't need 'em by the time I'm done."

But that strategy might do more harm than good, according to two former U.S. military officers and CNN military analysts who looked at Trump's suggestion. That's because bombing Iraq's oil fields would be a serious blow to Iraq and efforts to recover once ISIS is expelled from the country.

"You're destroying the infrastructure of Iraq, you're not really doing much to hurt ISIS," retired Lt. Col. Rick Francona said. "At some future point those oil fields will have to help regenerate Iraq."

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