John Kerry: ISIS will be destroyed within 3 years.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday said a growing international coalition was ready and able to defeat the group calling itself the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) within three years.
"We're convinced that in the days ahead we have the ability to destroy ISIL," Kerry said Friday in Wales, where he was attending a NATO summit along with U.S. President Barack Obama. "It may take a year, it may take two years, it may take three years. But we’re determined it has to happen." Kerry's remarks came at the top of a meeting to build an anti-ISIS coalition among NATO allies.
The meeting was co-chaired by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and the U.K.'s foreign and defense secretaries, and it included top diplomats from a variety of NATO members. An "all-military aspect," which Kerry said would include military support to the Iraqi government. He said there were "obviously implications about Syria in this," but he didn't specify the military strategy for that country.
At the same time, Kerry made clear that NATO members would not send any "boots on the ground" at the moment. The U.S. and its allies would continue to support the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and other groups in the region willing to confront ISIS, Kerry said. "I think that’s a red line for everybody here — no boots on the ground," he said. "Nevertheless, there are many ways in which we can train, advise, assist, and equip."
"We're convinced that in the days ahead we have the ability to destroy ISIL," Kerry said Friday in Wales, where he was attending a NATO summit along with U.S. President Barack Obama. "It may take a year, it may take two years, it may take three years. But we’re determined it has to happen." Kerry's remarks came at the top of a meeting to build an anti-ISIS coalition among NATO allies.
The meeting was co-chaired by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and the U.K.'s foreign and defense secretaries, and it included top diplomats from a variety of NATO members. An "all-military aspect," which Kerry said would include military support to the Iraqi government. He said there were "obviously implications about Syria in this," but he didn't specify the military strategy for that country.
At the same time, Kerry made clear that NATO members would not send any "boots on the ground" at the moment. The U.S. and its allies would continue to support the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and other groups in the region willing to confront ISIS, Kerry said. "I think that’s a red line for everybody here — no boots on the ground," he said. "Nevertheless, there are many ways in which we can train, advise, assist, and equip."
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