A 62 Year Old US Special Forces Veteran On The Front Lines In the War Against The Islamic State



FOX News: At 62, US special forces veteran battles against ISIS on lonely desert front

NORTHERN IRAQ – On the Western side of Mosul, far from the media’s attention, lies a forgotten front crucial to choking off ISIS' lifeline to Syria.

Fox News recently made the eight hour trip west from Mosul to the front outside the devastated city of Sinjar and found a small outpost where a handful of men hold off near-daily attacks from ISIS fighters.

One soldier manning the post was David Shumock, a 62-year-old Floridian and former U.S. Air Foreces pararescueman. The American fights side-by-side with the Kurdish Peshmerga, and serves as medic and trainer to his comrades, as well.

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WNU Editor: I found these remarks by David Shumock interesting .... we see 500 vehicles moving every day, resupplying Mosul and Tal Afar. And there’s nothing we can do.

Hat Tip to Anon for this link.

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