This bitch and her uncle tom husband just began bombing ISIS in both Iraq and Syria, and as I have already predicted IS will fall soon or later N the prophecy will come from khorasan
President Barack Obama has touted the involvement of Arab nations - many of them Sunni-majority - in US air strikes against Islamic State militants. But will this coalition hold up to the scrutiny of their own internal politics?
What a difference a year makes.
President Barack Obama limped to New York last year for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly, unable to generate sufficient domestic or international support for a military response to the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons within the deepening Syrian civil war.
He settled for a compromise that eliminated Syria's chemical weapon stocks, useful strategically but damaging to American credibility within the Middle East.
This week, Mr Obama provided a dramatic backdrop to the gathering of global leaders by launching military strikes against Islamic State (IS) and al Qaeda's Khorasan network in Syria, both of which are stronger and more threatening than they were a year ago.
The air strikes can certainly help to "degrade" extremist capabilities in Iraq and Syria, but by themselves will not be enough to "destroy" them, one of the stated objectives of the emerging campaign.
It remains to be seen how durable the international coalition is.
It now numbers more than 50 countries, but whether they can sustain military action over weeks and months is unclear.
And since IS fields an insurgent force and not a formal army, finding meaningful targets to hit from the air will be a challenge.
Limiting the IS's ability to attract new recruits and access to financial resources are also pivotal. That will depend significantly on Turkey, which has not yet fully clarified what it will contribute to the effort.
Turkey's role was constrained by a large number of hostages that were recently freed, perhaps in exchange for the release of IS fighters.
If IS is to be destroyed as a viable political and religious entity, the most decisive front involves regional publics. ”
Islamic State's advance deep into Iraq in recent months, which threatened the future viability of both Iraq and Syria, forced a number of key players to reassess their priorities and policy options, beginning with Mr Obama himself.
Not long ago, the president declared there was no military solution to Syria that relies predominantly on the use of American hard power. But he is now willing to deploy military force to chip away at a dangerous byproduct of the Syrian civil war.
As the president said in anticipation of the strikes in Syria, "This isn't America versus Isil. This is the people of that region versus Isil. It's the world against Isil." (The White House uses another acronym for the group).
Everyone seems to be on board with the American approach, dealing with IS now and leaving questions about Bashar al-Assad for another day.
Interestingly, that seems to include Assad himself.
Prior to taking military action, Syria was warned not to interfere and the Assad government seems to have followed that advice.
Assad certainly welcomes the advent of "allies" willing to help him battle "terrorists" within his borders.
The significant involvement of Arab nations in the strikes will complicate the responses of Russia and China.
