Islamic State shifts war plan, US at 'tipping point'

[rss]

https://s2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kcKlKgKjtaP9_8mCa_jEyg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-AE_XE/News/AFPIntEn/cc61a1c8f01297ba6c4765dea47761c3eae835fc.jpg (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/islamic-state-shifts-war-plan-us-tipping-point-152146261.html)Signs the United States may strike Islamic State militants in their Syrian stronghold reveal a shift in the politics of foreign war in Washington, after the trauma of the post-Iraq era. A year ago, President Barack Obama was set to bomb Syria -- but balked at the last minute after sizing up beckoning political isolation in his war-weary nation. The execution of captive US journalist James Foley and the fear an IS caliphate could become a terror haven have challenged an administration foreign policy built on the conceit that the "tide of war is receding." Obama has made ** effort to hide his antipathy to open-ended engagements in the Middle East, despite potent but limited campaigns against Al-Qaeda in Pakistan and in Libya.




أكثر... (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/islamic-state-shifts-war-plan-us-tipping-point-152146261.html)