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Champ's anti-Islamic State coalition crumbles as Arab allies abandon effort
2015-12-01
[Wash Times] The major Arab powers once deemed essential to the fight against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq have largely pulled back from the U.S.-led military campaign, undercutting the Obama administration's claims about the depth and reach of the coalition it has built with allies in the region.

The Obama administration consistently touts the "65-nation coalition" it has assembled to fight the group also known as ISIS, ISIL and Daesh -- but critics say that fewer than a dozen nations today are contributing anything significant to the campaign.

And behind closed doors, administration and military officials admit that air support from such key Arab allies as Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) -- something the White House once touted as an unprecedented and essential part of the coalition -- has all but evaporated.
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  As per CNN AM, + USDOD Chief Ash Carter + USJCoS Chair Gen. Joseph Dunforth, USMC before the House Armed Services Cmte., the US will likely be acting "unilaterally" or asymmetrically until further notice.

* See also ZERO HEDGE, FREEREPUBLIC > IRAQI PM REJECTS US "BOOTS OF THE GROUD" AS SHIITE MILITIAS PLEDGE TO KILL US SOLDIERS.

ARTIC > IRAQ for all intensive purposes is an IRANIAN COLONY BOTH POLITICALLY + MILITARILY.

As long as IRAN ALLY PUTINIST RUSSIA stays or focuses on fighting the ISIS in [parts = areas of] SYRIA only.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-12-01 21:57  

#4  Everything 0bean touches turns to $hit. I'll bet the Paris talks will, too.
Posted by: gorb   2015-12-01 18:32  

#3  Hilarious. Just the other day cicerobama - We got a coalition. 65 kuntrees.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2015-12-01 17:31  

#2  It is hard for Arab states to fight SISI when most of their citizens are highly sympathetic with SISI and somewhat hostile to their own leadership. The Arab allies were probably hoping the Western powers would destroy SISI for them so they could blame the west for all their ills and continue business as usual.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2015-12-01 10:58  

#1  "Disappearing into the night, as if they had never been..."
Posted by: Pappy   2015-12-01 08:32  

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