"But we are prepared if that's not possible to having a military solution to this operation and taking out Daesh", he said, according to AFP, using another name for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
The Hill
Biden goes to Istanbul to get approval, and McConnell gets approval for blank check boots-on-ground (aka AUMF).
And here is how Sundance reads these tea leaves:
* Europe is coming to grips with the reality they no longer have any possibility of controlling the radical Islamists who have entered the EU from Syria and North Africa.
* Simultaneously the price of oil has dropped to $30/barrel costing the OPEC nations, Iran and Russia billions upon billions which they need to fund their current military engagements
* Simultaneously Vice-President Joe Biden heads to Turkey
* Simultaneously Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is setting up a new open-ended Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF).
Add it all up, and it sure looks like we're about to go "boots on the ground" again !
Conservative Treehouse
You have to learn how to cut deals with these guys. Trump likes McConnell, donated to him. He's a good guy. He can work with him.
Schumer too. He has a great relationship with Schumer.
You need to cut deals. He's a deal maker.
You get what you pay for. More of this on the way.
