Donald Trump wants new military means to fight IS
Donald Trump may act on options like add more troops or bolster military aid to Kurdish fighters to fight IS.
Washington,
Jan
26:
President
Donald
Trump
is
expected
to
ask
the
Pentagon
tomorrow
for
options
to
accelerate
the
fight
against
Islamic
State
militants
in
Iraq
and
Syria.
Current
and
former
US
officials
say
the
options
probably
will
include
several
the
Obama
administration
considered
but
didn't
act
on
from
adding
significantly
more
troops
to
bolstering
military
aid
to
Kurdish
fighters.
Trump's visit to the Defence Department's headquarters will start the conversation over how to fulfill his pledge to eradicate radical Islamic terrorism "completely from the face of the Earth."
Officials familiar with the ongoing discussions say possible options include sending in more Apache helicopters and giving the US military broader authority to made routine combat decisions.
The officials weren't authorised to publicly discuss internal deliberations and spoke on condition of anonymity.
PTI