Posted on 09/21/2014 11:36:19 AM PDT by jazusamo
Full title: Ambassador Power touts international support against Islamic State but won't name countries, commitments
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Sunday that the American-led effort to destroy the terror group Islamic State has support from more than 40 countries, but declined to name them or the extent of their support.
Its up to the individual country, Ambassador Samantha Power told ABCs This Week.
France last week joined the United States in airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq, and Saudi Arabia has offered to help train moderate anti-Islamic State group fighters.
However, what remains unclear is whether Turkey and such Arab States as Egypt and Qatar will join in the airstrikes, also pending in Syria, or send combat troops in join Iraqi forces in the fight against Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.
Power predicted Sunday that the United States will not do airstrikes alone and acknowledged that the effort to destroy Islamic State would take several years.
Turkey, situated along the Iraqi and Syrian border, has the second-largest army in NATO and is home to the U.S. Air Force base Incirlik.
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Powers and the truth are complete and total strangers.
Bush had that many in Iraq and Afghanistan but his “partners” actually sent troops. Not many in some cases, but actual breathing gun-toting troops.
Lol.... Great list....
The Arab states are so used to having us do their dirty work....the best we can hope for is tepid support in words and financing the “war”....
As long as Obama keeps kissing their arses and keeps the IS off their front door....
My guess is that there are really an amount of international allies equal to the number of regular CNN viewers.
Send Power and her family to combat Ebola, it’s likely her idea. And she was behind the overthrow of Kadafy, unless I’m mistaken
40 unnamed coalition members? The OIC (organization of Islamic Countries) consists of 57 nation states (including the Palestinian territory). How many of these nations are Sunni? Shia? How many of the OIC are concerned about IS/ISIS/ISIL? Just a guess...40?
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