Contribution Quote by Keir Starmer

You cannot defeat Islamic State with airstrikes only. It's necessary to cooperate with ground troops, and the Syrian army is the most efficient and…

— Sergei Lavrov

We have a duty to fight ISIS; air operations alone will not defeat ISIS.

— Ryan Zinke

President al-Assad and his army are the only force that actually fights ISIS.

— Vladimir Putin

Having western, Russian or Iranian forces providing the ground defeat of Isis would certainly work militarily, but would be the least attractive option as…

— Crispin Blunt

Air power will not defeat ISIS. It has not been able to deny ISIS freedom of maneuver and the ability to attack at will.

— Jack Keane

The combat [with ISIS] on the ground must be done by Muslim troops with our support. We must not get involved in perpetual warfare…

— Bernie Sanders

American airstrikes...create risks, especially if our intelligence there is rusty. The crucial step, and the one we should apply diplomatic pressure to try to…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

There is no one else at all who is fighting ISIS on the ground, except for President al-Assad's army.

— Vladimir Putin

The air strikes are important [to fight ISIS], but we need to have an air force capable of it. And because of the budget…

— Marco Rubio

I have already said that I find the coalition air strikes to be insufficient. A ground intervention will be necessary to overcome Daesh.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

We need to do whatever is necessary to utterly defeat ISIS....We're not using our overwhelming air power. We're not arming the Kurds. Those need…

— Ted Cruz

Isis combatants, foreign and domestic, plan to attack us regardless of whether we extend airstrikes into Syria. The deadly and fanatical nature of this…

— Wes Streeting