Accepting Quote by Nicholas D. Kristof

To the extent that the (ISIS's) advance is a series of urban revolts against the government of PM Nouri al-Maliki, the US would end…

— Juan Cole

Should we choose to extend our airstrikes into Syria, we will be doing this in the collective self-defence of Iraq. We would be doing…

— Tony Abbott

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

In my view, airstrikes without an effective ground force are unlikely to make any meaningful contribution to defeating Isis.

— Keir Starmer

It's unclear how air strikes on our part can succeed unless the Iraqi army is willing to fight, and that's uncertain given the fact…

— Carl Levin

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

What is happening in Iraq now is awful, but it is a consequence of our invasion, not our withdrawal.The blame for what's happening right…

— Chris Murphy

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

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

There is no doubt Assad deserves every missile we fire at him, but there's one big problem with air strikes - there is absolutely…

— Chris Murphy

Military activities (are) not a role for the United States. There needs to be a number of steps that Maliki and his government must…

— Hillary Clinton

American airstrikes have targeted ISIS in Libya before. Just last fall, another ISIS leader was killed. And I'm told there are several more training…

— Tom Bowman