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| Iran slams 'ridiculous' US coalition as Congress funds arms against ISIS |
| 2014-09-18 |
| [JPOST] Without committing ground troops to the cause, a coalition led by the United States against Islamic State gunnies in Iraq and Syria is a "ridiculous" enterprise, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday. Rouhani made the damning comments to NBC News the same day senior Iranian and US officials met privately in New York over its nuclear program, and as US President Barack Obama I am the change that you seek... , in Florida, recommitted to a campaign against Islamic State exclusively using air force alone. "I want to be clear," Obama said from MacDill Air Force Base. "The American forces that have been deployed to Iraq do not and will not have a combat mission." Also on Wednesday, the Republican-led House of Representatives voted to approve the president's plan to arm and train vetted Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State until December 11. The Senate is expected to vote swiftly on the measure. In the NBC interview, Rouhani suggested the US government is cowardly to commit to "unmanned" air power without the combat forces required to eliminate the group, which he agreed is an inhumane terrorist organization. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 do not and will not have a combat mission It's pre-emptive self-defense. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-09-18 22:39 |