a god given right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. it was a call to rebellion but were the colonies willing to die for their cause. they had $15000.00 poorly equipped militia troops under the command of a military novice plantation owner george washington. they faced the well equipped and battle hardened british red goes back to buy 30000 mercenaries from germany. but george washington had patriotic fervor and tank to cool skill on his side he managed to avoid open battle against the enemy superior forces his militia was more accustomed to retreating than going on the offensive but the. british were unable
traps, but at this stage, we re still closing in. that s the phase of the operation that is under way now, and we re talking about tens of thousands of iraqi troops, kurdish troops, militia troops, sunni and shia militia, that are tightening the noose, taking smaller towns on the way to mosul, but what will happen when they reach the city limits when isis really feels that it has its back pressed against the wall? that is an open question. one interesting strategy that s being employed or talked about being employed is leaving ra small corridor open in a part of the city, to allow isis to esca escape, or allow isis to leave the city, so that they could leave so they wouldn t have to resort to some draconian measures if they felt trapped, but we will see, frankly what
we are live near the frontlines. a new fight in the race for president. which candidates are going toe-to-toe for the conservative votes. good morning. welcome to early start. i m christine romans. i m john berman. 5:00 a.m. in the east. it is a major development in the battle against isis. new military offensive launched. kurdish peshmerga forces looking to recapture the town of sinjar. this is called operation free sinjar. the town is at the foot of the mountain. a key link between two halves of the isis caliphate. the city of mosul and the lands that isis holds in syria. our correspondent nick paton walsh is with the peshmerga forces outside sinjar. he joins us live. 7,500 militia troops moving. this is a major operation, nick.