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A US-France-Russia Coalition against ISIS?
France wants the US to join a "grand and unified coalition" to strike back at ISIS. President Obama is already hearing calls from Democrats as well as Republicans to increase military action against the Islamic State. Terrorism is now Topic Number One for international diplomats and American politicians. But will US politics and diplomacy matter if Muslim countries don't lead the charge against ISIS on their own?
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenFrance wants the US to join a "grand and unified coalition" to strike back at ISIS. President Obama is already hearing calls from Democrats as well as Republicans to increase military action against the Islamic State. Terrorism is now Topic Number One for international diplomats and American politicians. But will US politics and diplomacy matter if Muslim countries don't lead the charge against ISIS on their own?
Later on the program, with just one male and two females left in the word, can the Northern White Rhinoceros be saved from extinction?
Photo: President Barack Obama and President François Hollande of France hold a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office, February 11, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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