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[robert99]

Admiral McRaven: Appetite to commit more ground troops - BBC News
There is probably more of an appetite in the US to commit more ground troops to tackle the so-called Islamic State (ISIL), the former Commander of US Special Operations Command, Admiral William McRaven, has told BBC Hardtalk.

"When you see the bombings in Paris and in Brussels you realise that ISIL's reach is probably broader than we anticipated and therefore the faster we eradicate them, the faster we are able to defeat them, the better off the entire world is going to be," he said.

"This is not only something the president of the United States understands but I think this is something the international coalition that is part of the effort in Syria and Iraq they also understand this," he added.

(More "boots on the ground" in other words ... McRaven ex SEAL, Special Ops. Head of JSOC etc is now retired, so take everything he says with a big pinch of salt! He makes also an unexpected appearance in the documentary "Dirty Wars" Dirty Wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia )

 

[robert99]

Tony Blair joins the choir ...
"the West should be prepared to put boots on the ground ..."
“You have got to defeat these people on the ground,” he said. “The armed forces of America, the UK, France, other major countries have both experience and capability so even if we are using them in support of local forces, you have just got to decide what our objective… Is our objective to defeat this enemy? My answer to that is yes.”
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