– Our goal is clear: to weaken and ultimately destroy the Iraqi State of Iraq and the Levant through a comprehensive and continuous anti-terrorism strategy – said the president of the United States Barack Obama is announcing the fight against jihadists in Iraq and Syria. How is Obama’s strategy look like?
His speech an American president began by sketches the image of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, as Americans consistently called self-styled Islamic State caliphate. Obama stressed that the ISIL is not a “state”, and in addition is not “Islamic” because “no religion does not accept the killing of the innocent”. Such a view of the case clearly shows that Obama does not want another military conflict in the Middle East ran the division of Western civilization – the world of Islam. Nonetheless IS treatment only as a “terrorist organization” looks conjuration fact, since the jihadists – on the basis of Islam is – they were able to create a functioning pretty well, though, by using methods of terrorist quasipaństwo areas of Syria and Iraq.
Threat to America
And it is a potential threat to the United States and Americans is the main driver – in the sphere of declarations – Obama’s actions. Even talking about more than 150 raids, which since August 8 Americans already moved into positions jihadists in Iraq, Obama said that they protected the Americans on the spot. Just by the way – Obama used the word “also” – Called the “helped protect the lives of thousands of innocent men, women and children.”
Finding coalition
This is American leadership at its best: we stand alongside people who are fighting for their freedom and gather other nations in the name of our common security and humanity
Barack Obama
But even in the fight against the threat wymierzonemu in the USA Americans are not willing to fight alone. Proven solution attacks the legitimacy of the United States on foreign territory is in fact coalition. And this time Obama has announced its creation, adding that it will be ‘broad’. Although the details of the speech, Obama did not conclude, it is stressed that the task of the “Arab partners,” the security of the region. It is known that Washington is trying to build in the region of a group of Muslim countries that would support an American operation. It is also known that in Iraq the Americans also support Western countries, though none of them yet not officially take part in raids on jihadist limited to humanitarian aid and the provision of weapons or intelligence for Iraqi Kurds. – This is American leadership at its best: we stand alongside people who are fighting for their freedom and gather other nations in the name of our common security and humanity – said Obama.
“OBAMA STRATEGY”
How does look like the fight against jihadists? Obama presented the four points, which he called “strategy”.
1. The raids
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At this point, Obama signed one important consideration: that “will not hesitate to take action against ISIL in Syria”. The Islamic State acts, across borders, and its base is currently in Syria, where from 2011. Takes a bloody civil war, and one of whose effects is the ISIL / IS. Eliminating jihadists is therefore not possible without destroying them in the nursery, in Syria. The problem lies in the fact that you can not do the same raids (as below); Secondly, such raids will clear violation of the sovereignty of Syria (about raids on Iraq asked the same Baghdad, the regime in Damascus supported by Moscow announced that it will treat such raids as aggression); thirdly, raids on ISIL / IS in Syria without a doubt strengthen forces Bashar al-Assad (as below).
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raids on Syria is also a military challenge that raising a number of questions: how will the Americans start? or reluctant so far Turkey will allow for flights over its territory? whether the Americans will only use drones? how they intend to deal with the Syrian defenses, which is at a high level? how they intend to attack targets without the support and guidance on the ground
There is one important caveat – the statement “I would not hesitate (will not hesitate) ‘diplomacy is often used to emphasize the final situation. This means that Obama probably “will not hesitate” to issue orders raid on targets in Syria only if the military and politicians consider it the ultimate solution without alternatives. But, as mentioned above, the solution to the conflict in Iraq should not be expected without a solution to the conflict in Syria.
2. No army
The War of the jihadists can not also win if the Americans do not engage in actions on land. And Obama also today – the second point “strategy” – consistently promises that no American would not participate in the fight against land. Maxim “no boots on the ground” does not mean, however, that American troops in Iraq is not. To about 1.2 thousand. advisers and soldiers protecting the American embassy in Baghdad now join another 475 – said president of the USA. Officially, they have to deal with coaching and equipping Iraqi troops and Kurdish, as well as intelligence.
So it will probably special forces soldiers, which has reported the presence of American journalists, but with strongly limited official duties. However, what will be the scope of activities of Americans? It’s hard to imagine wanting to be successful in the shortest possible time, the Pentagon did not allow even the commandos to participate in combat. It’s hard to imagine the success of the United States in the fight against jihadists at all without the involvement of ground forces, but the Obama administration’s paralyzing fear of commitment US soldiers in any conflict (Obama finally came to power promising a withdrawal of Americans from Iraq and Afghanistan) makes the official declarations of Washington of any soldiers to the front there is no question.
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How will Obama without sending troops to resolve the Syrian conflict, in turn, since, as already mentioned, the same potential raids this can not be done? The president announced an increase in “military aid” (“military assistance”) for the Syrian opposition, which both fighters fighting against Assad – “regime, which will never recover legitimacy he had lost” – how and jihadis from ISIL / IS. What kind of help? Terms of training and equipment. What combat gear? That Obama has not explained, and the Americans officially distanced themselves so far from the provision of “moderate opposition” weapons. Among others, Such an attitude led to the power of ISIL / IS, to the stream of arms of the radicals from the Persian Gulf sailed wide, while the branches in the type of the Free Syrian Army moderately rapidly.
While Obama’s speech related to Iraq, the president signed in It also sentence that shows how’s view of the war in Syria. A year ago, outlining its infamous “red lines”, Obama did not rule out an armed overthrow of Assad (finally satisfied with his destruction of chemical weapons, which did not stop the growing number of victims of war, now approx. 200 thousand.), Today there is the speech, which the president stressed, saying that Washington will “look for a political solution needed to solve the Syrian crisis once and for all.”
3. Stop foreign fighters
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4. Humanitarian aid
The fourth, not arousing any doubt, the point of the “strategy” is the continuation of humanitarian aid to the war experienced by Iraqis, both Sunnis, Shiites and Christians without exception.
The chance for success? Doubtful
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The Obama points “strategy” has as its objective – as the president insisted – “eradicate cancer,” ISIL / IS . Mentioned by the president points – apart from the fact that “the eradication of cancer” is a vague goal of leaving wide scope for interpretation when the eventual success will be achieved – but leave much to be desired, especially, as already mentioned, the reliance only on the strength of attacks from the air and approaches to the issue of Syria, lose, as it seems, by the West a year ago. In Iraq, by an increase in the power and danger ISIL / IS, again because it turns out that the sin of omission politico-military (no intervention in the ongoing for more than three years war in Syria) may have equally far-reaching consequences as misguided war in the Middle East in recent years . Despite the declaration of Obama now can be very difficult to win in the ongoing war.
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Author: Maciej Tomaszewski / Source: tvn24.pl
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