BAGHDAD (Reuters) - On his first trip to Iraq since American troops returned this summer, the top U.S. general was dogged by a nagging question from troops.
At meetings over the weekend, soldiers and Marines asked General Martin Dempsey variations on the same basic question: Even if the U.S.-backed campaign succeeds in rolling back Islamic State, what is to prevent this from happening again, years from now?
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