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morningfog

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6. Has any country in our "broad coalition" indicated it will

Reply to cali (Original post)

Fri Sep 12, 2014, 08:19 AM

Sep 2014

participate through direct military action in Iraq? I know that all, so far, have made clear they will not join in Syria strikes.

It really is looking like it will be a US military action, with arms and training support from others. And the ground war will be the stellar Iraqi army (with imbedded US soldiers) and the reliable FSA in Syria. What a farce.

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Arabs Give Tepid Support to U.S. Fight Against ISIS [View all] cali Sep 2014 OP

Fine. sendero Sep 2014 #1

how could the arab world NOT love and trust obama? KG Sep 2014 #2

If the countries that could be seriously harmed by ISIS don't care, why should we? Vinca Sep 2014 #3

kick. How do we succeed with allies like this? cali Sep 2014 #4

This is the Iraqis' fight. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #5

Has any country in our "broad coalition" indicated it will morningfog Sep 2014 #6

No. The U.S. hopes that the Iraqi armed forces, the Peshmerga and cali Sep 2014 #7

If we had left Iraq alone and Saddam Hussein was still in charge newfie11 Sep 2014 #8

No. cali Sep 2014 #9

The tepid support is one of the reasons... fadedrose Sep 2014 #10

Charlie Pierce is spot-on - the wealthy Arabs of the Gulf region see the bullwinkle428 Sep 2014 #11

As of now, I can support 'humanitarian efforts' inside Iraq. I think this uprising is the Sunni.... dmosh42 Sep 2014 #12