[VOA News] U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a
lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
on Monday pledged "intense" support for Iraq against the "existential threat" posed by a major murderous Moslem offensive pushing toward Storied Baghdad from the north and west.
Kerry pressured Iraq's top Shi'ite leaders on Monday to create a more inclusive government in order to face down the Death Eaters, who have captured vast territories in northern and western Iraq.
The United States' "support will be intense, sustained, and if Iraq's leaders take the steps needed to bring the country together, it will be effective," Kerry told journalists in Storied Baghdad.
"The future of Iraq depends primarily on the ability of Iraq's leaders to come together and take a stand united against ISIL....Not next week, not next month, but now," he said.
He said ISIL's "campaign of terror, their grotesque acts of violence and repressive ideology pose a grave danger to Iraq's future. ISIL is not, as it claims, fighting on behalf of Sunnis. ISIL is not fighting for a stronger Iraq. Quite the contrary, ISIL is fighting to divide Iraq and to destroy Iraq. So, this is a critical moment for Iraq's future."
The danger to Iraq, he said, is dire.