Arab Nations Offer to Conduct Airstrikes Against ISIS, U.S. Officials Say
Source: New York Times
Arab Nations Offer to Conduct Airstrikes Against ISIS, U.S. Officials Say
By MICHAEL R. GORDONSEPT. 14, 2014
PARIS Several Arab countries have offered to carry out airstrikes against militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, senior State Department officials said Sunday.
The offer was disclosed by American officials traveling with Secretary of State John Kerry, who is approaching the end of a weeklong trip that was intended to mobilize international support for the campaign against ISIS.
There have been offers both to Centcom and to the Iraqis of Arab countries taking more aggressive kinetic action, said one of the officials, who used the acronym for the United States Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East.
Mr. Kerry, who is in Paris to attend an international conference the French are hosting on Monday on providing aid to the new Iraqi government, has already visited Baghdad; Amman, Jordan; Jidda, Saudi Arabia; Ankara, Turkey; and Cairo.
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FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)ballyhoo
(2,060 posts)in turn give it to seniors.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)YvonneCa
(10,117 posts)...clapping:
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)IMO, air-strikes alone won't be enough to defeat ISIS,
eventually there will have to be "boots on the ground."
Not just British & American troops, but troops from the neighboring countries as well
cstanleytech
(26,334 posts)needs to pull its head out of its butt and regroup with its own soldiers and take back their country from these people.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts).."rake back their country from these people".IMO
They abandoned much of their artillery & tanks etc when they fled their battle with ISIS.
Despite Obama's promise not to have "boots on the ground".I think the American people would support "boots on the ground",in Iraq and Syria, especially if those troops were mainly Special Forces.
I also think Congressional Republicans would support such a move; as long as Obama came to them and asked for their support in doing so, and not as a unilateral move on his part.
another_liberal
(8,821 posts)If this is true and not just wishful Pentagon "propaganda," then we can stand down and the combined Arab air forces can easily handle the job. We can keep our money, bring our people home and the Arab nations can take responsibility for their own problems.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Wonder if they will lead some Syria strikes, soon? John Kerry has been extremely busy.
Amonester
(11,541 posts)Anyone has an idea of what a mcCain/palin or Rmoney/Lyan admin. would have managed that ugly sh*t yet?