While most have greeted Obama's latest military incursion into Iraq with a healthy dose of skepticism - because after all Obama is merely the fourth president in a row to bomb Iraq - Obama's ideological brother, French socialist president Hollande, had some strong words of encouragement:
- *HOLLANDE SAYS FRANCE IS READY TO DO ITS PART IN IRAQ
Surrender?
In addition Hollande added:
- *FRANCE CALLS ON EU TO PLAY AN 'ACTIVE ROLE' IN IRAQ SITUATION
- *HOLLANDE WELCOMES OBAMA DECISION TO ACT AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE
Nothing like sharing the burden...
As Bloomberg reports,
French President Francois Hollande said in a statement that France is going to work with the U.S. and its partners to study what actions can be taken jointly to provide humanitarian aid to the civilian populations and displaced people in Iraq.
France is calling on an intensification of international mobilization in Iraq: Hollande
France plans to take its request to the Security Council: Hollande
The president has called on the European Union to very rapidly play an “active role” to put in place all the necessary measures to respond to the “catastrophic situation”: Hollande
Hollande said he welcomes President Barack Obama’s decision to authorize targeted air strikes against the Islamic state in Iraq: Hollande.
