At this rate a coalition might be formed in three years.
Via JPost
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday he was comfortable that the United States would form a broad-based coalition to fight Islamic State militants but said it would not be appropriate for Iran to be involved in the efforts.
Kerry has been touring the Middle East to build support for President Barack Obama’s plan, announced on Wednesday, to strike both sides of the Syrian-Iraqi frontier to defeat Islamic State Sunni fighters that control swathes of both countries.[…]
On Thursday, Kerry won backing for a “coordinated military campaign” against Islamic State from 10 Arab countries – Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and six Gulf states including rich rivals Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
The German government will not take part in air strikes proposed by the US against Islamic State militants, an aide to Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday.
“The stabilization of the region is of great concern to the German government but I can rule out participation in military air strikes,” said Merkel’s spokeswoman Christiane Wirtz.
Except Iran isn’t listening to Kerry:
Shia militias in Iraq, trained and funded by Iran, are leading the ground offensive against Islamic State (IS) alongside Kurdish fighters.
However, the BBC has learnt that Iran already appears to be sending troops and weapons to fight the Sunni extremists in the country.
American airstrikes have weakened the forces of Islamic State and US Secretary of State John Kerry is confident of building a coalition against it.
The BBC’s Gabriel Gatehouse reports from Iraq.
What does that mean? It means our Air Force may end up helping Iran take over.