Tony Blair: We'll need boots on the ground against Islamic State - possibly from West

Posted on AllSides September 21st, 2014
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Former British prime minister Tony Blair went on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday morning to discuss the threat of the Islamic State and the role he believes Europe and the United States will have to play in combating the al-Qaeda-inspired extremist group.

Blair, currently the official envoy of the Middle East Quartet, said that the Sunni insurgents and their followers will not be defeated by airstrikes alone -. Boots on the ground will be necessary Whether those ground forces will come from Middle Eastern militaries or from abroad, we...

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