tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post5009869829498334539..comments2024-03-14T12:42:51.995+00:00Comments on Chris Whiteside's Blog: Quote of the day 30th November 2015Chris Whitesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-8810120303774581382015-12-02T22:23:13.702+00:002015-12-02T22:23:13.702+00:00Air and ground forces will be needed to eliminate ...Air and ground forces will be needed to eliminate DA'ESH. In Iraq, our air power has been most effectively used when it is in support of the Peshmerga.<br /><br />But if it achieves nothing else, extending air strikes against DA'ESH into Syria will make it harder for DA'ESH to use the territory they have as a base for their forces to resupply and recuperate before attacking allied ground forces in Iraq.<br /><br />In the medium term we need a negotiated solution to the Syrian civil war which frees all other sides to unite against DA'ESH.<br /><br />Will the proposed action be a huge game-changer? No. <br /><br />Will it help? Yes.Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-15865792542918657072015-11-30T23:51:28.882+00:002015-11-30T23:51:28.882+00:00Gesture politics, boots on the ground are needed.Gesture politics, boots on the ground are needed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com