Posted on 08/30/2014 11:47:03 AM PDT by GonzoII
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday called for a world coalition to defeat the Islamic State (Isis) militant group which has seized control of large parts of Iraq and Syria and was cited by the British prime minister, David Cameron, when he raised the UKs terror threat level to severe on Friday.
In an op-ed for the New York Times that was released online on Friday night and in print on Saturday, Kerry wrote: In a polarised region and a complicated world, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria presents a unifying threat to a broad array of countries, including the United States. Whats needed to confront its nihilistic vision and genocidal agenda is a global coalition using political, humanitarian, economic, law enforcement and intelligence tools to support military force.
Kerrys call was foreshadowed this week by briefings to the press about moves by the US to seek such a global effort.
Also on Saturday, during a reception for foreign ministers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabias King Abdullah said terrorism, which he called an evil force that must be fought with wisdom and speed, would after a month arrive in Europe and a month after that in America.
The US carried out further air strikes on Isis targets in Iraq on Friday; recent debate has centered around the possibility that such strikes could be extended into Syria, leading to the beginning of reconnaissance flights. US military operations in Iraq began on 16 June and air strikes on 8 August; such operations have so far cost half a billion dollars at a rate of $7.5m a day.
In his New York Times op-ed, Kerry wrote: Airstrikes alone wont defeat this enemy.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
interesting!
I have no idea.
There’s pics of Kerry with Dead Ted too.
Love the cartoon!!! LOLOL!!!
If more people understood that we’d at least go down with a fight .
I stopped buying Heinz catsup because of Theresa Heinz and John Kerry, both of whom I can’t stand. I switched to Hunt’s catsup. Now I’m hooked on Hunt’s catsup because it has more of a kick to it, and I like that. However, I’m happy to know that I can use Heinz again, as I believe it’s McDonald’s or maybe Burger King that uses Heinz catsup packets, and I was stuck using them. Thanks for the info MinuteGal.
Of course, the incredible thing is nowhere in all this does the POTUS name appear... We have the SoS and the CJCoS calling for coalition action... POTUS votes PRESENT! Who would join such a dweeb? ...especially after what he did to Poland and Ukraine.
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