By The Daily Journalist.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has opened the doors to possible air strikes against the foundations of the Islamic State (IS) in Syria. In several television interviews, at the opening of the NATO summit in Wales, Cameron has suggested that, unlike Iraq, the international community would not need “an express invitation of Assad” to conduct raids in Syria.
“The brutality of Assad to IS contributed to the rise,” said Cameron. “While in Iraq, a government that has defended the Shiites, not Sunnis and Kurds, also left a space that came to fill out this poisonous organization.”
Cameron dismissed in any case the possibility of a “pragmatic pact” to fight with IS Asad in Syria. “Assad has been involved in the creation of the Islamic State, and may not be the answer,” Cameron said. “We can not get carried away by the motto of ‘enemy of my enemy is my friend’, which in the past has contributed to all kinds of nightmares and difficulties.”
“President Assad has committed war crimes against his own people and therefore the government is illegitimate,” added the Prime Minister. “We would not do anything without a moral or legal justification.”
Cameron-Obama Meeting
The possible extension of the air strikes against the bases of IS in Syria and British involvement with the Royal Air Force (RAF) were some of the hot spots in the bilateral meeting with David Cameron President Obama passing through Wales. The two leaders will use the NATO summit to “recruit” other members of the Alliance in a new coalition of “willing” to deal with the IS, which also open to the Arab countries in the area.
Obama and Cameron today signed a joint article in ‘The Times’ which call for a strengthening of NATO to the threats of the century, the Islamic to the situation in Ukraine and Eastern Europe radicalism.
“As Russia tries to force a sovereign state to abandon its right to democracy at gunpoint, we support the right of Ukrainians to determine their future and continue our efforts to strengthen the defense capability of Ukraine” write Obama and Cameron, supporters of “persistent military presence” in Eastern Europe.
The two leaders support the creation of a new rapid deployment force, consisting of 4,000 troops and special forces that can “deploy anywhere in the world in a very short space of time.” The American president and the ‘premier’ British warn the other 26 allies that the collective effort will only be possible with increased defense spending, with the goal of reaching 2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in all member countries.
