[GonzoII]

" US aircraft would start to fly from Arbil, capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region"

A friend in need is a friend indeed. God bless the Kurds!

[Former Proud Canadian]

Arbil is 88 km from Mosul. Last I heard Mosul is in IS hands.

You are going to need a fairly large ground force to protect that airbase.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

....armed and manned" US aircraft....

Sounds like a war to me.

[johniegrad]

What’s the point in announcing operations?

[PGalt]

Where’s the Iraqi air force? ISIS has no “air force”. Where are the billion “religion of peace” forces and why aren’t they crushing the “hijackers” of the “religion of peace”?

[OpusatFR]

The Saudi’s have an air force, why aren’t they participating?

It would be nice if everyone who has a dog in this fight, participated.

[nhwingut]

This is all a waste of money and time. Obama is not committed. Cripes, he can’t even bring himself to refer to a group as Islamists which is named Islamist State. And refuses to admit its a war. As soon as one plane is shot down all hells going to break loose at home - with his base. And Obama is going to panic.

[sauropod]

Hope this turns out well.

[ontap]

The best I hope far is to hang on for the next two years ‘til we get rid of squiggy!!!