Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Boots on the ground to train sandals on the ground


Yessirree! We are all set to go back into Iraq with the trainers and military missions that Iraq did not want in 2011 because they knew it would compromise their sovereignty. Now that they are threatened by ISIL, theyare much more willing to accept US boots on the ground to train their sandals on the ground.
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that Iraqi leaders had made sufficient political progress to warrant joint United States-Iraqi action against the Sunni militants who have seized much of northern and western Iraq, and indicated that the United States was now prepared to help train Iraq’s security forces.

“We stand by Iraq,” Mr. Kerry said after a whirlwind series of meetings with the Iraqi government’s new leaders. “And we stand by them as they fight to overcome their single greatest threat.”

The United States carried out airstrikes on ISIS targets in northern Iraq last month, but Mr. Kerry, like other Obama administration officials, ruled out the addition of American combat troops. He said the United States, along with other nations, would help train and rebuild the Iraqi military.

He also highlighted the Iraqis’ decision to create new national guard units that would be recruited locally and given the main responsibility for security in their home areas; they are also likely to require foreign assistance.

The French foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, said in Paris on Wednesday that his country was ready to take part in airstrikes against ISIS if needed, The Associated Press reported. Mr. Fabius called for international mobilization against “this transnational danger that could reach all the way to our soil,” the agency quoted him as saying. France is scheduled to host an international conference on Monday to discuss how to stop ISIS and assist Iraq.
And Whoopee! We got ourselves an ally! Thanks France.

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