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America's top diplomatic and defense leaders pressed a core coalition of 10 nations to summon the willpower to go after the Islamic State group in Iraq militarily and financially, and said they must build a plan by the time the UN General Assembly meets in about two weeks.
In a private meeting with the foreign and defense ministers from the United Kingdom, La Belle France, Australia and six other nations,
| ...prob'ly Germany, Canada, Turkey, Italia, Poland and Denmark, which are mentioned further in the article as having delegates at the meeting... |
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...
| ...there he is, The Second Smartest Man In The Room... |
said leaders need a clear strategy and a solid idea about what each country will contribute to the fight. And, while noting that many won't be willing to engage in military strikes, he said they can instead provide intelligence, equipment, ammunition or weapons.
"We have the technology, we have the know-how," Kerry said. "What we need is obviously the willpower to make sure that we are steady and stay at this."
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel,
| ...and The Third Smartest... |
sitting alongside Kerry,
| ...right there in the very same room! It is thus that lives become complete, my dears... |
said the group of 10 nations represents a core coalition that will be needed to face the Death Eater challenge. He said the group can then be expanded.
| Could this be ... a Coalition of the Willing?! |
The morning meeting was a late addition to the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
summit here, and is part of a broader US strategy to bring more nations into the fight against the Islamic State holy warriors who have taken control of large swaths of northern and western Iraq and across the border into Syria.
| Whew! That strategy development was lightning fast -- only a few days ago the president said he had no strategy whatsoever. Betcha its a doozy, whatever it is. |
The session, which also included dignitaries from Germany, Canada, Turkey, Italia, Poland and Denmark, focused on the Islamic State group in Iraq, but Kerry said there are obviously "implications about Syria in this" and suggested they could discuss that later in the day.
"We very much hope that people will be as declarative as some of our friends around the table have been in order to be clear about what they're willing to commit, because we must be able to have a plan together by the time we come to (the United Nations
...a formerly good idea gone bad...
General Assembly)," said Kerry. "We need to have this coalesce."
| Oh. They don't have a strategy. I guess this one is going to develop organically. |
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