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Is there a solution to ISIL? The General Assembly discusses


During the last couple of months ISIL has taken over a huge part of the Middle East, mainly in Iraq or Syria. They changed their territory into IS (Islamic State) and are planning on expanding enormously.  At first the world just watched and stood by, until this week.
The war has been declared to IS. President Obama said in his speech during the 69th General Assembly of the UN today that he asks the world to cooperate against ISIL, who he calls a “network of death”. He build upon that by saying that this world is formed by “those who build the future, not those who destroy!”. There will not be a landing of US troops on Iraq soil again he claims, he believes that ISIL can be destroyed with bombardments. This is a strong statement which become weak if it would be necessary to invade Iraq and Syria eventually. It is a risk he is taking.

President Obama was not the only one to speak on the General Assembly this afternoon. President Rouhani from Iran also gave a speech about ISIL and what further steps could be taken against ISIL. President Rouhani blamed intelligence agencies as he said : "Certain intelligence agencies have put blades in the hand of madmen, who now spare no one." To who would he refer? Is this a indirect blame on the US? Or Russia?
Furthermore, President Rouhani claimed that:  "The right solution to this quandary comes from within the region and regionally provided solution with international support and not from outside the region."

Next up was President Cameron, he held a truculent speech about ISIL. He pledged for action and believes that if we (as the world community) do not take action ISIL will expand its borders murderously.  In addition to this he claimed that some countries who supported Assad should not do this. He was once his enemy and still is as he claims :  “My enemy’s enemy is not my friend – it is another enemy.” He knows that Assad is against ISIL too. For him that doesn’t explicitly mean that Assad is not an enemy anymore or an ally either.


Hopefully this hornets’ nest will all end up peacefully within the coming years. Since this is not a problem which will be solved in a few months. 

 Sources:

 - http://www.theguardian.com/world/middle-east-live/live/2014/sep/25/us-targets-isis-controlled-oil-refineries-in-syria-live-updates
- http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/world/middleeast/obama-syria-un-isis.html?_r=0
- http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/WATCH-LIVE-Irans-President-Hassan-Rouhani-addresses-the-UN-General-Assembly-376328
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/david-camerons-speech-to-the-un-general-assembly-british-pm-warns-world-leaders-of-isiss-murderous-plans-to-expand-its-borders-and-pledges-to-take-action-9754380.html
- http://rt.com/news/190392-russia-lavrov-obama-threat-speech/

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