Blair: West must fight ISIS, its ideology When Tony Blair heard British aid worker David Haines mention the former prime minister prior to his beheading, it strengthened his resolve to fight ISIS, he said Sunday. “It makes me even more determined to take these people on and beat them,” Blair said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Before his execution this month, Haines directed a message at British Prime Minister David Cameron, saying, “You entered voluntarily into a coalition with the United States against the Islamic State, just as your predecessor, Tony Blair, did, following a trend amongst our British prime ministers who can’t find the courage to say no to the Americans.” It’s not clear whether Haines’ comments were voluntary or were coerced by his captors. In his Sunday interview, Blair said he felt President Barack Obama is “absolutely right to take on ISIS and build the broadest possible coalition.” He said, however, that aerial campaigns won’t be enough and ISIS will need to be fought “on the ground,” but it’s unclear whether the Iraqi and Kurdish fighters already battling ISIS will be sufficient or if they’ll need to be supplemented. He did not specify who might need to provide troops, saying the [...] newsinfl/blair-west-must-fight-isis-its-ideology/
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 18:02:53 +0000
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