Posted on 08/10/2014 6:51:04 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Paris (AFP) - France, in consultation with its EU partners, is looking at supplying arms to Iraq's Kurds to fight against Islamic State jihadists, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Sunday.
"One way or another, they must receive, in a sure way, equipment that will allow them to defend themselves and to counterattack," Fabius told France 2 television from Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq.
"We will look into that over the coming days but in liaison with the Europeans," he said from the city, which is not far from the IS frontline.
France and Britain have pledged support for a US-led operation helping Iraqi civilians -- many of them from the Yazidi minority -- who are fleeing a murderous advance by Islamic State (IS) militants
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We should have supplied the Kurds with enough arms and equipment to make it unnecessary for France to do it, but I’m glad France is doing this. Now we can see if Obama is willing to do the right thing.
Oh, no, we’re behind France! How feckless this administration is.
Obama will be remembers as the most craven president in history.
unexpectedly brave move by the frogs. France probably has as many jihadists within its boarders as ISIS has soldiers.
In California, when they force the kids to study him in school, he will be the peacemaker, because he would not be provoked.
I keep wondering what his fate would be like if he were a character ( as himself) in Game of Thrones.
They have Africans on their border champing to get in. They read the writing on the wall. ( Finally)But they seem to do nothing about their violent pro Palestinians in their communities.
The other day CNN (they have surprisingly good specialists) one guy from the UK kept on nattering about the “international community.” Wolf Blitzer slammed him down by saying that the international community has been mum about the Christians in Iraq or their desire to help in Iraq at all.
Bump
When France is more courageous than Obama, you know he has put his “leading from behind” policy” is fully implemented and has placed the USA way, way behind every Western nation.
And France gets their weapons from .... Where?
Do they actually make any?
If all else fails, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YqpAEA3wYE
If this is the case it will never happen (even if obama was not on vacation and fund raising).
Send in the feral boars.
Meanwhile, Obama tees-off...
France has ISIS boarders?
Who knew?
Dassault Aviation, EADS and NEXTER, a government-owned arms manufacturer. They have their own aircraft carrier, the Dassault Rafale fighter jet and the LeClerc tank.
Remember, the French build their own nuclear weapons. The French are independent and don’t want to be vassals to other nations.
Back in the day, the French where the only country willing to sell Israel modern fighter jets.
Into the vacuum those who formerly got to rely on us will now rush. And our power, once given away, will be hard to obtain again.
I wonder how much they pay for rent?
Who knew?
my ipad, apparently, which incorrectly corrects my spelling at least as often as it correctly corrects my spelling.
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