Obama's Leisure Suit War plods along - meanwhile, another beheading

[Spike]

British aid worker beheaded in Islamic State video

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...releases-video-of-hostage-beheading/15595887/

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Obama's Coalition of the Unwilling marches on...


TURKEY REFUSES OBAMA REQUEST to Use Its Airbases to Fight ISIS

Was it only a week ago that Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel listed a "core coalition" of 10 countries willing to join the U.S. effort to destroy the Islamic State?

Since then Britain has categorically ruled out military strikes in Syria, while Germany has ruled out any use of force. Now Turkey is bugging out.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/our-non-ally-in-ankara-1410561462

 

[Hineswardkickedurpanzyass]

You hush ur mouth, Bomma knows best. Pretty soon everyone across the globe will see his brilliance and we will all sing coom bye ya together at a beer summit on the WH lawn. - signed, no one

 

[Spike]

Obama's bloodhound is hot on the chase



Kerry Scours Mideast for Aid in ISIS Fight

CAIRO — Secretary of State John Kerry received broad assurances but no public commitments from Egypt on Saturday as he continued his tour of the Middle East to try to assemble a coalition behind an American campaign against the extremist group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

Kerry has already visited Baghdad; Amman, Jordan; and Ankara, Turkey; and he attended an emergency meeting of regional governments in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, in which Arab nations endorsed a coordinated military and political campaign against ISIS. Saudi Arabia has pledged to allow the training of Syrian rebel forces opposed to ISIS at bases in its territory, but no country in the region has publicly detailed what military support it might provide.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/w...its-egypt-seeking-aid-in-isis-fight.html?_r=0

 

[Hineswardkickedurpanzyass]

broad assurances....lmao. As a sales professional we call people with his skill set unemployed. Coffee is for closers *****.

 

[Spike]

The Arab world knows all about Obama

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

http://www.ijreview.com/2014/09/177...ti-isis-coalition-coming-along-well-actually/

Arab Nations Can’t Wait to Fight in Obama’s Coalition Against the Islamic State. Well, Not Really…

During President Obama’s speech on Wednesday night when he outlined his plans to combat ISIS, he kept talking about a “broad coalition” that America was going to lead to “degrade” and “destroy” the Islamic State.

After a couple of days, it looks like the anti-ISIS coalition is not really going to be all that broad after all.

Right off the bat, it looks like the Arab countries in the region are not going to be a part of it. Or if they do support Obama’s coalition, it is very “tepid” support at best. The New York Times has more:

Many Arab governments grumbled quietly in 2011 as the United States left Iraq, fearful it might fall deeper into chaos or Iranian influence. Now, the United States is back and getting a less than enthusiastic welcome, with leading allies like Egypt, Jordan and Turkey all finding ways on Thursday to avoid specific commitments to President Obama’s expanded military campaign against Sunni extremists.

As the prospect of the first American strikes inside Syria crackled through the region, the mixed reactions underscored the challenges of a new military intervention in the Middle East, where 13 years of chaos, from Sept. 11 through the Arab Spring revolts, have deepened political and sectarian divisions and increased mistrust of the United States on all sides.

Turkey, which borders both Iraq and Syria, has denied the U.S. permission to launch strikes from air bases in the country. Turkey is also a NATO member. As for Egypt and Jordan:

Others were less than forthcoming. The foreign minister of Egypt — already at odds with Mr. Obama over the American decision to withhold some aid after the Egyptian military’s ouster last year of the elected president — complained that Egypt’s hands were full with its own fight against “terrorism,” referring to the Islamist opposition.

In Jordan, the state news agency reported that in a meeting about the extremists on Wednesday, King Abdullah II had told Secretary of State John Kerry “that the Palestinian cause remains the core of the conflict in the region” and that Jordan was focusing on the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.

What about America’s traditional allies such as Britain and Germany? Well, both countries have said they will not participate in air strikes against ISIS in Syria. However, France is on board, but they want Iran in the alliance as well, which the Obama administration has ruled out. Counting Iraq (if you still consider it a country), the Kurds, and the Syrian rebels, that makes this an alliance of five. Not exactly a “broad coalition.”

This should be compared to the coalition President George W. Bush assembled in the first Iraq War, that many on the left attacked as “going it alone.” The United States actually led a 37-nation coalition in Iraq. Five nations and rebel factions compared to 37 countries – which president is really “going at it alone” in the Middle East?

 

[TAS]

I'm just glad to see Obama is on top of this ****.

 

[hamster]

I'm just glad to see Obama is on top of this ****.

To put it another way, he is the cherry, sitting atop a mountain of ****.

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

http://rt.com/op-edge/187592-obama-isis-perpetual-war/

‘Obama’s volte-face on ISIS thrusts US into years of perpetual war’

The Obama administration, in addition to US allies such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar, Jordan, and Kuwait, bear the ultimate responsibility for giving rise to the organization they are now scrambling to fight through their support for the anti-Assad insurgency. At this stage, any further support for militant groups in Syria by Western and Gulf States is a moral outrage, in addition to being a violation of international law.