{"id":55202,"date":"2014-09-15T13:44:51","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T17:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=55202"},"modified":"2014-09-15T13:44:51","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T17:44:51","slug":"nato-nations-vow-to-join-in-fight-against-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=55202","title":{"rendered":"NATO Nations vow to join in fight against ISIS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From the Christian Science Monitor<\/a> comes the news that 26 nations pledged to join the fight against ISIS during a summit in Paris, if that’s not ironic;<\/p>\n

\u201cIt shows a political will to tackle [the extremists] collectively,\u201d says Yves Boyer, associate director of the French think tank Foundation for Strategic Research, which he says is crucial for legitimacy. \u201cThere is some feeling that the US should not be the full leader of what is going on, because of the failures of the US in this part of the world since 2001.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, now I’m inspired – the French have taken to criticizing our military adventures.<\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/a> reports that some Arab Nations have signed on, too, but don’t ask Kerry which ones;<\/p>\n

Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking from Paris, declined to say which states had offered to contribute air power, an announcement that White House officials said could await his return to testify in Congress early this week. State Department officials, who asked not to be identified under the agency\u2019s protocol for briefing reporters, said Arab nations could participate in an air campaign against ISIS in other ways without dropping bombs, such as by flying arms to Iraqi or Kurdish forces, conducting reconnaissance flights or providing logistical support and refueling.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess the whole point of this little diplomatic exercise is to let other countries participate, but not really do anything to kill thugs in large numbers. I guess the “do anything” mentality is seeping into the diplomatic corps and the defense organizations.<\/p>\n

We’ve been selling fighters and armored vehicles to these Arab nations for decades, why can’t they use them? Ever? We’ve had huge exercises with their troops – I assume they train their officers and soldiers to fight in wars – so why aren’t they making that sort of commitment. When Kuwait was devastated by Saddam Hussein, we protected the Arab Nations from succumbing to the same fate and then rescued Kuwait from being the “19th Province” of Iraq. So what do we get in return? Air taxis.<\/p>\n

I’m sure they’ll all get pretty medals and pats on the back from John Kerry, while once again, the US shoulders the majority of the fight and suffers more criticism from the Euro-wienies when it all fails because no one is willing to make a commitment to the war that they’ll need to destroy ISIS. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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