Former British prime minister Tony Blair said yesterday that the Islamic State (IS) group will be defeated only with a ground war involving Western troops, the Times of Israel website reports today (May 25, 2016).
Blair said airstrikes alone wouldn't defeat the militants.
He asserted, "Instead, you are going to have to go and wage a proper ground war against them," with British, American and other Western troops playing a supporting role.
"The armed forces of America, the UK, France, other major countries have both experience and capability so even if we are using them in support of local forces, you have just got to decide what our objective is," Blair stated at a discussion on foreign affairs in London. "Is our objective to defeat this enemy? My answer to that is yes."
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