A Coalition of None
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 3:55 pm
In yet another rather embarrassing event for The White House, just days after President Obama praised the French for helping in the fight against ISIS, and General martin Dempsey noted "the French were our very first ally and they're with us again now," French officials have, according to Reuters, ruled out participation in airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria. With the fall of France (and Germany already saying "nein"), it appears the broad coalition is now a "coalition of none," as Obama has stated the US would not go it alone...
Last Friday...
President Obama and his staff are thanking France for agreeing to help in Iraq in the fight against the Islamic State.
"We look forward to coordinating with our French partners in the days to come," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.
And now today...
•FRANCE RULES OUT AIR STRIKES IN SYRIA AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE, FOREIGN MINISTER LAURENT FABIUS SAYS
If you like your anti-ISIS airstrike coalition, you can't keep it...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-22/first-germany-now-france-folds-syrian-airstrikes
Last Friday...
President Obama and his staff are thanking France for agreeing to help in Iraq in the fight against the Islamic State.
"We look forward to coordinating with our French partners in the days to come," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.
And now today...
•FRANCE RULES OUT AIR STRIKES IN SYRIA AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE, FOREIGN MINISTER LAURENT FABIUS SAYS
If you like your anti-ISIS airstrike coalition, you can't keep it...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-22/first-germany-now-france-folds-syrian-airstrikes