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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nYesterday. President Obama and French President Francois Hollande promised the world that they stand “united in “total solidarity”” against ISIS in the aftermath of the latest attack on France. Yeah, I don’t know what that means either. I always hoped that we were united in solidarity before this last attack, but, for some reason the pair thought that they needed to reassure us. From ABC News<\/a>;<\/p>\n But beyond some changes on the margins of the United States’ participation in the fight against ISIS extremists, the president did not announce any major shifts in strategy in light of the deadly terrorist attack in Paris.<\/p>\n Rather, he said the United States would “step up” its coordination with France by providing additional airlift and intelligence to its European partner, and he called for the European Union to implement an agreement that would require airlines to share passenger information. <\/p>\n […]<\/p>\n “We must prevent an escalation,” added Hollande, who is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday to discuss ramping up their cooperation, although the Turkey incident undoubtedly complicates that prospect.<\/p>\n The White House had been keeping expectations for the Obama-Hollande meeting low well before it happened.<\/p>\n \u201cI don’t want to get ahead of the meeting, but I also wouldn’t downplay the significance of additional expressions of solidarity and support,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Monday. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n In other words, the only thing that anyone is really ramping up is the rhetoric. When the Jordanians and the Russians get pissed, ISIS bears the brunt of that anger, but when France and the US get pissed, it’s the voters who take it on the chin. They are doing their best to fight a war while not really doing any real fighting. <\/p>\n The pair hope that that their “solidarity” will convince Putin to abandon Assad. He hasn’t up to now, so I don’t see him doing it. France and the US and the UK missed their opportunity to pay off Assad. They squandered their chance years ago, before all of this civil war began. Turkey shooting down Russian aircraft isn’t helping. <\/p>\n Oh, by the way, Obama is trying to get Hollande to stick to his commitment to take in 30,000 refugees. I wonder what that’s about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"