Arab Nations Offer to Conduct Airstrikes Against ISIS, U.S. Officials Say

[flpoljunkie]

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]

1. They'll "Tip Off" their friends before the bombs fall

[ballyhoo]

2. Yep, and then send the bill to the US, who will

in turn give it to seniors.

[freshwest]

3. Good work by Kerry and the French to get them to work together. Before it seemed they wouldn't.

[red dog 1]

4. + 1

[YvonneCa]

8. Need more hands...

...clapping:

[red dog 1]

5. K&R...Thanks for posting

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]

10. Sure but the airstrikes hopefully can give the Iraqi government the time it

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]

11. Even with Nouri al-Maliky out of office (finally), the Iraqi soldiers alone won't be able to..

.."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]

6. Perfect!

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]

7. yes!! This is what I have been waiting for, the Arab Nations to step up!

Wonder if they will lead some Syria strikes, soon? John Kerry has been extremely busy.

[Amonester]

9. Good handling (so far, we'll see from Monday on...)

Anyone has an idea of what a mcCain/palin or Rmoney/Lyan admin. would have managed that ugly sh*t yet?