{"id":86564,"date":"2016-01-27T00:45:55","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T08:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=86564"},"modified":"2023-09-06T04:50:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T12:50:27","slug":"israel-not-messing-with-islamic-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=86564","title":{"rendered":"Israel Not Messing With Islamic State"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Washington Post<\/a>: <\/p>\n

\nThe Israelis don\u2019t want to disturb a hornet\u2019s nest in taking on the Islamic State. Is a similarly measured option available to the United States? Most Israeli officials say no. They argue that the United States is a superpower, and that if it wants to maintain leadership in the region, it must lead the fight to roll back the Islamic State.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The United States has no vital strategic interests here. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Washington Post: The Israelis don\u2019t want to disturb a hornet\u2019s nest in taking on the Islamic State. Is a similarly measured option available to the United States? Most Israeli officials say no. They argue that the United States … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21791,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america","category-israel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t