America Deems ISIS A Major Threat, But To Saudi Arabia And Gulf States The Priority Is Iran
WASHINGTON — Several US presidential candidates from both parties share a bullet point in their plans to fight the Islamic State group while limiting American ground troops’ involvement: Build a coalition of Sunni Arab nations to help shoulder the effort.
Unfortunately, there is a wide gap between this attractive idea and the muddy reality of Middle Eastern politics.
Candidates differ on the number of US ground troops to send, if any, and the establishment of a US-patrolled no-fly zone in Syria, or whether the US should force out President Bashar al-Assad.
But Sunni Arab involvement in the fight — a key tenet of the Obama administration’s plan — has also been voiced by Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on the Democratic side, and by Sens. Marco Rubio and Rand Paul on the Republican side. (Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who quit the race Dec. 21, also voiced this view.)
WNU Editor: Divided we fall .... and we and our coalition allies are definitely divided.
3 comments:
That would be the Gulf states, which have shown no ground combat capability.
Are we supposed to believe that when Saudi or Bahraini soldiers face-off with their Iranian or Hezbollah counterparts inside Syria that they will all see themselves as being on the same side; fighting the same enemy? I suppose it's a great idea if you WANT to widen the war.
There have been reports that 1/3rd of Hezbollah fighters have died.
They are not 10 feet tall. In fact they may be spent.
The Iranians and Iraqi Shia militias I fear.
I was not impressed by the UAE recruits in 1991. They just weren't with it. But things could change. Heck stranger things have happened like successfully making soldiers out of geishas.
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