Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Arab nations rallied behind US President Barack Obama's call to expand operations against jihadists in Iraq and Syria, as Damascus warned it would consider any action on its territory as an attack
Ten states, including heavyweight Saudi Arabia, "agreed to do their share in the comprehensive fight" against Islamic State, said a statement after a meeting between US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Arab counterparts.
Iraq's new unity government and the Syrian opposition welcomed Obama's plan, but Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime and powerful ally Russia condemned it.
I hope those fence walkers on Pres.'s foreign policy are coming around and supporting the gov't that thoughtfully waited until there was a coalition and ignoring republican saber waving. we can't do it all even we do it will eventually bring us to where we are now, throwing money and bodies at someone else's thousands of years wars while Americans sink because those holding the purse strings choose political posturing with your tax money.
"Any action of any kind without the consent of the Syrian government would be an attack on Syria," National Reconciliation Minister Ali Haidar said.what exactly is he saying, he wants to be consulted first and if so what are they willing to ante up? Syria is in opposition with ISIS too so instead of welcoming help they take the posture of the US congress, "you have to come to me first" we IMO need to rethink who and where we involve our selves history shows that deployments all over the world seem to only advantage big business and the country we occupy not you and me, have you ever gotten a check in the mail saying "yur cut from our overseas installations? I bet corporations do.
think i'll listen to a little Fox to see how they spin this into a negative, it is election year.
