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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Fri Sep 12, 2014, 02:21 AM Sep 2014

Kerry Says Operation to Destroy ISIS 'Can Take a Long Time' [View all]

Source: ABC NEWS

ABC News(JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia) — Secretary of State John Kerry sat down for a one-on-one with ABC News’ Alex Marquardt in Saudi Arabia Thursday as he works with allies in the fight against extremist militants.

During the interview, Kerry declined to call the offensive against ISIS a war.

“We’re engaged in a counter-terrorism operation of a significant order and counter-terrorism operations can take a long time. They go on. I think war is the wrong reference term with respect to that,” he said.

He also warned that the fight against ISIS may have to be finished by the next administration.

Read more: http://www.mycentraloregon.com/2014/09/11/kerry-says-operation-to-destroy-isis-can-take-a-long-time/

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Kerry Says Operation to Destroy ISIS 'Can Take a Long Time' [View all] Purveyor Sep 2014 OP

WTF cilla4progress Sep 2014 #1

you need a translation? dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #3

You bet! davekriss Sep 2014 #16

How long? How much? grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #2

This time we'll stay til the end. Kablooie Sep 2014 #4

How are we doing with Joseph Kony and his LRA? Downwinder Sep 2014 #5

Just an expansion of the drone war. joshcryer Sep 2014 #6

Draft the imthevicar Sep 2014 #7

Did you say 'Can Take a Long Time' ? Eagle_Eye Sep 2014 #8

Translation: "We'll stay til we've wrung every penny out of Americans' retirement portfolios." blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #9

Politician X Says Operation to Destroy Group Y 'Can Take a Long Time' ... Nihil Sep 2014 #10

If he says it will be quick ... people will be screaming in 1 month. JoePhilly Sep 2014 #11

What if Bush had said it? former9thward Sep 2014 #24

For some reason, this line from "Roads to Moscow" keeps reverberating for me: malthaussen Sep 2014 #12

"but aren't you glad he didn't lie and promise it'd be a short war?!" MisterP Sep 2014 #13

But we are BROKE...that's what everyone keeps telling us! Marrah_G Sep 2014 #14

Unfortunately, the US public seems to have drunk the Kool-Aid. candelista Sep 2014 #15

If it's not a war, IDemo Sep 2014 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Sep 2014 #18

I will join you +1000000000 FUCK YOU JOHN KERRY J_J_ Sep 2014 #21

"The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continous" J_J_ Sep 2014 #19

Don't they know where they are? J_J_ Sep 2014 #20

Yes, they are with the WMD's! rgbecker Sep 2014 #22

so it is now OK to use poison gas (Assad and friends), but killing two quadrature Sep 2014 #23

So, another unending war sakabatou Sep 2014 #25

Sounds like oligarchical collectivism to me. N/t roamer65 Sep 2014 #26

What does winning look like or how does it end? Does it end? How do we pay for it? neverforget Sep 2014 #27