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Iraq
Kerry: Some Nations Offer Ground Troops in Fight Against IS
2014-09-15
[VOA News] U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
 said he was "extremely encouraged" by pledges of military assistance against Islamic State Death Eaters by countries inside and outside the Middle East and that some nations had offered ground troops.

Kerry has been touring the Middle East to try to secure backing for U.S. efforts to build a coalition to fight the Islamic State Death Eaters who have grabbed territory in Syria and Iraq.

"We have countries in this region, countries outside of this region, in addition to the United States, all of whom are prepared to engage in military assistance, in actual strikes if that is what it requires. And we also have a growing number of people who are prepared to do all the other things," Kerry said in remarks aired on Sunday on the CBS program Face the Nation.

On the CNN program State of the Union, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough was asked if this coalition would need ground troops beyond opposition forces in Syria and Kurdish and government forces in Iraq.

"Ultimately, to destroy ISIL, we do need to have a force, an anvil against which they will be pushed - ideally Sunni forces," he said, using an acronym for the Islamic State group.
Posted by:Fred

#5  Not to sound like a Missourian;

Oh, so you all say that this region occupied by people calling themselves Islamic State really is not representative of Islam? and something should be done about that?

Show me.

Because I don't think Anabasis II, starring weepy media, rules of engagement, and duffy the handicap slayer, sounds like a good flick.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2014-09-15 18:13  

#4  IMO, its make sense for Jordon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait, UAE, IRAQ, Turkey to have "boots on the ground" to deal with ISIL. They stand to benefit the most. We carry the water all too often for everyone else in the M.E. with little return.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-09-15 10:20  

#3  Top people.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-09-15 09:21  

#2  "All sorts of people are lining up, offering to help the U.S."

What sort of countries are lining up?

"All sorts of people. They just want to remain anonymous in case Champ folds."
Posted by: Bobby   2014-09-15 07:42  

#1  ( As long as Kerry himself doesn't have to go ). I am sure the Moslems who are Kerry's friends will really put their hearts into fighting for what's right.

Who are we to judge Moslem values, after all?

Moslems, the world over, do wonderfully well in combat against people who are tied up, or old and helpless ( wheelchairs are best )...or women and children or naked people down in a hole already. If you don't have any weapons and are blindfolded...Moslems tend to be killer heroes. Allah Akbar all round.

But against actually armed soldiers ?...meh...Baghdad Bob all round.
Posted by: Big Thromoth3646   2014-09-15 07:07  

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