Saudi ready to join anti-IS ground op in Syria: general

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: AFP

Riyadh (AFP) - Saudi Arabia is ready to join any ground operation the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group in Syria might decide on, a general from the kingdom said on Thursday.

"If there is any willingness in the coalition to go in the ground operation, we will contribute positively in that," Brigadier General Ahmed al-Assiri told AFP.

Since late 2014 Saudi Arabia has been part of a US-led coalition which officially has 65 members and has been bombing the Islamic State Sunni extremist group which seized large parts of Syria and Iraq.

Assiri is spokesman for a separate Saudi-led Arab coalition which, since March, has conducted air strikes and ground operations in Yemen.

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[Kip Humphrey]

1. Yes but will they stop funding ISIS before they send in ground troops to fight ISIS?

[daleo]

6. That wouldn't be a fair fight

Must keep up appearances.

[bemildred]

2. U.S. Defense chief welcomes Saudi offer on troops in Syria

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter welcomed on Thursday a Saudi offer to participate in any ground operations in Syria launched by the U.S.-led coalition.

Carter said increased activity by other countries would make it easier for the United States to accelerate its fight against Islamic State militants.

"That kind of news is very welcome," he told reporters while on a visit to Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

Carter said he looks forward to discussing the offer of ground troops with Saudi officials in Brussels next week.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-libya-usa-idUSKCN0VD2TB

[tabasco]

3. The Saudi army would have its ass handed to it by just about any military

force or boy scout troop on the planet. Shitty leadership and awful morale.

[Midnight Writer]

4. In related news, Turkey seems poised to invade Syria.

We (the USA) really need to get out of this toilet before it is flushed.

It is not in our national interest to be involved in a multi-faceted Civil War thousands of miles away.

The winner here is irrelevant to us. There are no good guys here. Why should a single brave, patriotic American soldier be plunked down into the middle of this cluster f**k?

[Wig Master]

5. I don't think the Pakistanis are going to be up for this.

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