President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain visited students at Mount Pleasant Primary School, in Newport, Wales, as leaders gathered for a NATO summit meeting on Thursday. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times
David Cameron And Barack Obama Aim For Broad-Based Assault On Isis -- The Guardian
Prime minister's rhetoric around Isis ramps up, despite there being no immediate plans for UK involvement in US air strikes
The building blocks for a lengthy military and political assault on Islamic State (Isis) forces were being put in place on Thursday after Barack Obama and David Cameron agreed the principles of a campaign that will extend through Kurdish northern Iraq, Sunni Iraq and possibly into Syria itself.
Cameron made clear that the campaign is dependent on the formation of a broad-based non-sectarian government in Baghdad, ideally by the Iraqis' own deadline of 14 September, as well as support from key countries in the region, including Jordan and Turkey.
It was stressed that British involvement in the US bombing campaign designed to drive back Isis in northern Iraq may be weeks away, even though Conservative whips are already canvassing Tory MPs to see if they will support a bombing campaign in Syria and Iraq.
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My Comment: The Islamic State's power base is in Syria .... not Iraq. Attacking their forces in northern Iraq while leaving Syria alone will not significantly degrade their military capabilities nor touch their power base. Such a limited campaign will .... in my opinion .... only mean a longer war and more casualties. On a side note .... it appears that the input from the military for such a military strategy was limited at best.
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