U.S. Urging Allies to Join Strikes on Syria (coming as early as next week)

[morningfog]

The U.S. is seeking commitments from allies to join in airstrikes on Syria before it launches attacks against Islamic State targets, American officials said, reflecting concerns about acting unilaterally.

The administration hopes that one or two allies will join in the initial wave of airstrikes, which could be launched as early as next week, these officials said.

http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/u-s-urging-allies-to-join-strikes-on-syria-1411168223?mobile=y

We are set to go alone on the most clearly illegal prong of this war, air strikes in Syria. There is a reason that even though many other nations support hitting IS in Iraq, NOT ONE has joined us with respect to Syria. It is because without Syria's approval, any strikes would be illegal. But, here we go. As early as next week. No congressional debate, a UN resolution looks impossible.

[NYC_SKP]

1. ~"Administration Does Not Want to Act Unilaterally"~

From your link. See also their non-mobile edition:

President Barack Obama and other top U.S. officials are attending the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York this month, in part, to try and woo more partners to the U.S.-led coalition.

Secretary of State John Kerry addressed a special session of the U.N. Security Council on Friday and stressed the importance of support from European and Arab states for the campaign against the extremist group Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.

"I'm absolutely confident that through a global campaign that is comprehensive and committed, we can support the promise of the new government in Iraq and we can defeat the ISIL threat wherever it exists," Mr. Kerry said.

The Pentagon is preparing war plans in Syria that would include an intensive initial wave of strikes against Islamic State targets.

U.S. officials said adding allies would help spread the burden of the strikes. But far more important is the symbolism a joint strike would have, showing that the U.S. isn't acting unilaterally but has support from the international community.

"A key component of this would be allied participation," said a U.S. official.

One U.S. official said some allies have offered to participate in the strikes only if their role isn't publicly acknowledged. But such covert participation wouldn't help the U.S. convince skeptics it wasn't acting unilaterally, the official said.

[morningfog]

3. They don't want to go alone, but it doesn't say

they won't.

[99Forever]

2. Our government will never learn.

It has become Einstein's very definition of insanity.




This will not end well.

[newfie11]

4. I hope to hell no one joins us

One of the 7 countries.......
How many more innocent people do we kill for oil!