Pressure on Obama to adopt a new strategy on Iraq

[yota691]

06/19/2014

 

 

News / Iraq Pressure on Obama to adopt a new strategy on Iraq

 

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President Barack Obama in a speech Wednesday on Veterans

 

 

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06/19/2014

 Faced President Barack Obama Wednesday demands for the adoption of a new strategy to the crisis in Iraq, while stressing the White House that he does not rule out a request Baghdad air strikes .
 
while still Obama is considering a range of options prepared by his advisers, has not issued any signs of military action again in the war, which Obama announced it ended for his country .
 
denied the White House information reported in the media that Obama decided not to air strikes on the spot, pointing out that the U.S. president did not rule out the options for military action directly .
 
announced, White House spokesman Jay Carney said, "The only thing that dropped President Hu send combat troops U.S. to Iraq, but continue to examine other options 
Other options include raids drone against the positions of the organization "Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant" (Daash) and increased assistance and training to Iraqi forces .
 
U.S. official said that Obama "has made ​​no decision yet ", amid speculation in Washington about what to respond to fighters Daash who are in control of several areas of Iraq . 
 
growing support in Washington, calls to the ouster of al-Maliki
 
as well as the exposure of President Barack Obama to pressure from U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday to convince Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to step down because of what they see failure in leadership in the face of a rebellion displays his country to danger .
 
joined by senior officials in the U.S. government to a group critical of the owners and upload responsibility for the error in the treatment of sectarian divisions exploited by the militants militants .
 
Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chief of Staff of the U.S. in the session of Congress that the Maliki government, led by Shiites asked the air force U.S. to assist them in addressing the Sunni insurgents who overran the north of the country .
 
says the United States, which withdrew its troops from Iraq in 2011 that Baghdad must take steps toward sectarian reconciliation before deciding Obama any military action against the insurgency led by the organization of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant renegade al-Qaida network .
 
did not seem Maliki yet little willingness to form a government more accommodating each spectra .
 
said Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, head of the Intelligence Committee in the Senate, "Frankly .. Maliki government should go if you want any reconciliation . "
 
and called on Republican Sen. John McCain, speaking in the Senate to the use of air power in Iraq, but also urged Obama to "make it clear to the owners that his time is over . "
 
did not ask the Obama administration publicly departure of al-Maliki, but showed signs of discontent with him .
 
said Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel in a session of Congress, "this The current government in Iraq has not done at all commitments made ​​to form a government of national unity with Sunnis and Kurds and Shiites . "
 
said White House spokesman Jay Carney said al-Maliki did not do enough "to govern in a way that is inclusive and not exclusion, and that he contributed to the creation of the situation and the crisis that we are witnessing today in Iraq . "
 
Carney did not reach to the extent of calling the departure of al-Maliki. Carney was asked to step down Should al-Maliki said: "It is clear that this is not us that we decide . "

[NextYear]

I just happened to be watching the NBC Today show and this interview with John Kerry popped up and Kerry dodged the interviewer's question about PM Maliki being the problem and turned around and blamed Syria's Assad for the what's going on in Iraq.  Needless to say the orange juice I was just drinking came spitting out when I heard that.  Unfortunately, the interview isn't available for streaming yet but once it does I'll make sure to link it in here.

This is all that's been posted from it so far http://www.today.com/news/john-kerry-promises-honor-sacrifice-iraq-vets-families-1D79823556

Edited June 19, 2014 by NextYear

[yota691]

Here ya go NextYear  does NextYear ever get here...  and Thanks and GM to you and DV

John Kerry promises to honor sacrifice of Iraq vets, families

Eun Kyung KimTODAY

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TODAY

Secretary of State John Kerry said the Obama administration continues to rely on high-level talks to halt hostilities in Iraq because enough American troops have already fought and died there.

“The test is in really these next few days and weeks, and we are going to do everything in our power to follow through and try to get the job done through diplomacy, if we can, in order to honor their sacrifice,” he said Thursday in an exclusive interview.

In the first of a two-part interview with TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie, Kerry also clarified his recent remarks about how the Obama administration plans to deal with Iran over its neighbor.

“We are interested in communicating with Iran to make clear that the Iranians know what we're thinking, and we know what they're thinking. And that there's a sharing of information so people aren't making mistakes,” he said.

Kerry clarified that working directly with Iran, however, is “not on the table.”

[NextYear]

Thanks yota though that bit they've made available is just tiny fragment of the interview so far

[sandfly]

THANKS