It just seems like some slow pitched battle to us but it's an absolute grind:
>"It's been pretty bad on the ground. A lot of casualties. The life expectancy is around four hours on the front line," Troy Offenbecker, formerly of the United States Marine Corps, told ABC News.
The fighter, a former U.S. Marine, described the situation on the ground as "chaotic."Dane Enerio (International Business Times)