[ Editor’s Note: This French media piece was picked out of the Pentagon daily Early Bird news, the fabricated crap the Pentagon sends out to all military personnel and senior retirees as well. The Early Bird has become more concise and now carries about 30% internet hoax pieces most written specifically for the EB as this is, quite officially, the stupidest news audience in the world. This is another chuckler… Gordon Duff ]
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WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday he was confident Middle East powers would send troops to help defeat the Islamic State group in Syria. Washington has so far resisted suggestions it put US boots on the ground to add muscle to a year-old coalition air campaign aimed at breaking the jihadists’ grip on a swathe of Iraq and Syria.
But, in an interview with CNN, Kerry said he expected that when the time was right some of Syria’s neighbors would step up.
“We are talking about very specific ways to do that with other countries in the region,” he said.
“There will need to be people on the ground. I am convinced there will be at the appropriate moment,” he said.
“The president has made it very clear that American troops are not part of that equation,” he added.
“But I do know that there are others who are talking about it. There are people in the region who are capable of that.”
[Editor’s note: Why doesn’t Kerry call on Turkish forces, already “boots on the ground” in Syria or the Turkish and Israeli air forces already flying air support for ISIS to simply change sides?]
Kerry did not say which countries might be persuaded to take part in a ground operation, but the obvious candidates would be Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Arab countries.
Shortly after making his comments, Kerry met with his Saudi counterpart Adel al-Jubeir, on the eve of a three-day visit to Washington by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman.
Washington is in intense discussions with Saudi Arabia and Russia about ways to restart talks on a Syrian political transition that would see President Bashar al-Assad depart and placate moderate rebels.
But it remains determined to “degrade and ultimately destroy” the IS group, which has declared a so-called caliphate on its territory and has openly boasted of carrying out atrocities.
Gordon Duff posted articles on VT from 2008 to 2022. He is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War. A disabled veteran, he worked on veterans and POW issues for decades.
Gordon is an accredited diplomat and is generally accepted as one of the top global intelligence specialists. He manages the world’s largest private intelligence organization and regularly consults with governments challenged by security issues.
Duff has traveled extensively, is published around the world, and is a regular guest on TV and radio in more than “several” countries. He is also a trained chef, wine enthusiast, avid motorcyclist, and gunsmith specializing in historical weapons and restoration. Business experience and interests are in energy and defense technology.
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