Growing Pressure on Obama to Escalate
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 14th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Growing Pressure on Obama to Escalate
David Ignatius, RealClearPolitics
WASHINGTON — As fighters from the Islamic State surge toward control of Anbar Province in western Iraq and the border town of Kobane in Syria, U.S. commanders and diplomats are signaling that the U.S. must expand its military operations before the extremists control even more territory. “Too few and too slow,” is the way one official characterizes efforts so far. Supporters of an expanded American role appear to include Secretary of State John Kerry and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. President Obama is facing difficult new options to bolster allies in both Syria…