By Scott Malone CAMBRIDGE Mass. (Reuters) - The battle to stop Islamic State militants' advance in Syria and Iraq is going to be a "hell of a long fight" for the United States and its coalition partners, Vice President Joe Biden said on Thursday. But Biden defended the U.S. decision to wait until last month to begin airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria, which has already endured a bloody civil war that has killed 190,000 people. The United States needed to wait for nations including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Russia to be willing to offer support, Biden said. ...
10-03-2014, 05:41 PM
U.S., allies face 'long fight' against Islamic State, Biden says
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