Security experts argue for increased military action in Iraq, Syria
A pair of former presidential national security advisers on Wednesday pushed lawmakers to increase airstrikes in Iraq and Syria with possible boosts in U.S. ground forces in the fight against the Islamic State group. But they also argued that moves to limit or halt the flow of refugees from those countries to America send the wrong message […]Leo Shane III writes for the Military Times:
A pair of former presidential national security advisers on Wednesday pushed lawmakers to increase airstrikes in Iraq and Syria with possible boosts in U.S. ground forces in the fight against the Islamic State group. But they also argued that moves to limit or halt the flow of refugees from those countries to America send the wrong message to would-be allies in the region, feeding into Islamic State propaganda of a religious war against the West.
“If there are fixes at all in this, they will not be quick,” warned Ryan Crocker, former U.S. ambassador to both Iraq and Afghanistan. “Military actions can establish a contest that is more favorable to a political solution than is there right now.”
