An Impressive Coalition Vs. The Islamic State - Just Get Ready For The Infighting

[Purveyor]

Sunnis and Shi’ites, Saudis and Iranians, Turks and Kurds, and don’t forget the Americans. The front against the 'caliphate’ in Syria and Iraq is a bit of a mess.

By Zvi Bar'el | Sep. 19, 2014

“Are Americans afraid of giving casualties on the ground in Iraq? Are they afraid of their soldiers being killed in the fight they claim is against terrorism?” Iranian President Hassan Rohani told NBC News on Wednesday.

Such harsh criticism isn’t particularly surprising. After all, the United States and Iran have a mutual interest in uprooting the Islamic State, whose members, Rohani said, “want to kill humanity.”

“If they want to use planes and if they want to use unmanned planes so that nobody is injured from the Americans, is it really possible to fight terrorism without any hardship, without any sacrifice?” Rohani asked. “Is it possible to reach a big goal without that? In all regional and international issues, the victorious one is the one who is ready to do sacrifice.”

Surprising is that while Rohani is effectively inviting the Americans to attack the Islamic State, his boss, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has reservations.

Before the Arab-international coalition was established, Khamenei said the Islamic State stemmed from a Western conspiracy, with the Americans playing a key role. According to later news reports, Khamenei himself approved the cooperation with Washington.

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[Wellstone ruled]

1. See what can be

accomplished when your Kingdom and your Oil Fields are threatened. Yes we can!! So we will be seeing more of Z Corp Merks doing the Saudi part. Gee,isn't our CIA wonderful? Yeah,right. This is how the 1% ers work to protect the Family Empire. If there was to be U.S. Troops on the ground,they know full well the pitchforks and torches were coming to a neighborhood near them.

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2. 28 more months of this.

it just goes on and on.

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3. And what do you think will change when Obama leaves the White House?

US foreign policy has been pretty consistent since World War II. Bush may have pushed things harder in terms of unnecessary invasions, but no American president is likely to be any more restrained than Obama. That's just the way it is.