US is considering air strikes in Syria

[JimH52]

U.S. considers attacking Islamic State militants in Syria - LA Times

Both the GOP and the Dems will vote for authorization. The US air power with the competence of the Kurdish army can defeat the richest terrorist group on the planet. They need to be stopped now or they will spread beyond even that continent.

 

[saveliberty]

I think we are past the considering part. We have moved into the , "How do we justify this to the public", phase.

 

[Peach]

I think we are past the considering part. We have moved into the , "How do we justify this to the public", phase.

ISIS justifies action, unfortunatley.

 

[deltex1]

I think we are past the considering part. We have moved into the , "How do we justify this to the public", phase.

Just tell them ISIS has WMD...works every time....right Foo?????

 

[deltex1]

I think we are past the considering part. We have moved into the , "How do we justify this to the public", phase.

ISIS justifies action, unfortunatley.

See my thread on " alright children ...get in your groups"

 

[saveliberty]

Possibly, although I do not rule out the, "ISIS was not threat we were lead to believe, we got into this on false pretenses", argument down the road.

We make decisions based on the best information we have at the time. It seems pausible, just like WMDs did in Iraq.

 

[JimH52]

ISIS is one of the most frightening terrorist groups to come around in years. And its main strength right now is money. It has looted banks, robbed homes , and even taken oil fields. They can buy very sophisticated weapons and are using military tactics that even have our own Special Ops impressed.

Could we become an ally with Assad in battling ISIS. It is a possibility.

 

[Indeependent]

Why not air strikes on Qatar?

 

[JimH52]

Why not air strikes on Qatar?

Qatar helped free our hostage and they are planning on freeing more.

 

[Indeependent]

Why not air strikes on Qatar?

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Qatar is funding ISIS.

 

[Desperado]

Again why does the US have to get involved. Many MidEast Countries have their own air forces and could do the job. It is, after all, in their interest to clean up their own part of the world.

 

[Peach]

ISIS is one of the most frightening terrorist groups to come around in years. And its main strength right now is money. It has looted banks, robbed homes , and even taken oil fields. They can buy very sophisticated weapons and are using military tactics that even have our own Special Ops impressed.

Could we become an ally with Assad in battling ISIS. It is a possibility.

Truce between Israel and Hamas, plus the Saudis now recognizing Israel as a nation......indicate many countries take ISIS seriously. Unlike the WMD fables, no UN or US evidence any of the henious acts are untrue. (Either Time or Newsweek had a cover story in mud 2002 on Saddam; the conclusion: not a threat.)

ISIS is genuine, and the US has waited too long to act; the chronicles of the Iraq disaster have a new chapter.

 

[Moonglow]

ISIS is gaining strength because Muslims feel they represent the true nature of Islam and sharia..If left alone they will threaten the free world as much if not more than the Nazi's...

 

[Peach]

Why not air strikes on Qatar?

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Qatar is funding ISIS.

No Qatar is funding action against ISIS, but may have paid the ramsom for the American released. Qatar, like Saudi Arabia, is nation struggling with opposing 'ideals'. Fundementalist Islam vs. the comforts of life oil money brings; Christians and those of most faiths* are welcome to live & work there, and Qatar advertises women working at Al Jazeera on the nation's WEBSITES.

*Judaism isn't one of those listed, the US may need to 'explain' a few things to the Qataris.

 

[dilloduck]

Syria claims that any airstrikes done in Syria without coordinating it first with will be considered an act of aggression.

 

[JimH52]

Syria claims that any airstrikes done in Syria without coordinating it first with will be considered an act of aggression.

I heard that on NPR today. That is rather short sighted when our air strikes would be meant to take out ISIS, not Assad. Again, we may very well be fighting along side Assad forces soon, with air support only of course.

 

[dilloduck]

Short sighted ? It's simply a proclamation of sovereignty.

 

[JimH52]

Why not air strikes on Qatar?

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Qatar is funding ISIS.

They deny that.

Qatar denies funding ISIS - The Hindu

 

[Peach]

Actually:

The New York Times reported late Tuesday that White House officials believe that Great Britain and Australia would be willing to join the United States in a campaign of airstrikes in Syria, while the administration hoped that Turkey would give it access to key military bases.

The Times also reported that the U.S. has asked Turkish government to help seal that country's border with Syria, which has proven to be an easy crossing point for foreign militants looking to join up with the Islamic State, the militant group formerly known as ISIS, in northern Syria. The paper reported that the White House is also seeking intelligence help from Jordan, as well as financial support for groups like the moderate Free Syrian Army from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.

The political calculus of such maneuvering among America's Western allies is unclear. Last year, British Prime Minister David Cameron experienced one of the most humiliating defeats of his premiership when a motion to join potential airstrikes against Bashar al-Assad's government was rejected by Parliament. However, the atrocities committed by ISIS since its overrunning of broad swathes of Syria and Iraq, have seemingly galvanized Cameron to press for action. In a recent opinion piece in the Sunday Telegraph, Cameron said that Britain was "in the middle of a generational struggle against a poisonous and extremist ideology."

US reportedly recruiting allies to support expanded airstrikes Syrian opposition Fox News
Now its "ask for permission" which the US has declined to do:

The Assad government in Damascus has warned the U.S. not to strike ISIS positions on Syrian territory without asking permission. However, on Tuesday, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki emphatically rejected that condition, telling reporters "We're not going to ask permission from the Syrian regime." However, Psaki also noted that Obama had not made a final decision on whether to approve airstrikes in Syria.

Watch blue eyes head for europe now, if he hasn't already.

 

[Peach]

Why not air strikes on Qatar?

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Qatar is funding ISIS.

They deny that.

Qatar denies funding ISIS - The Hindu

Qatar, the country that will host the World Cup in 8 years: