« La guerre contre I’Etat islamique pourrait durer 30 ans et s’étendre » dixit l’ancien secrétaire de la Défense d’Obama et ancien directeur de la CIA Leon Panetta - RFI
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“I think we’re looking at kind of a 30-year war” that could extend to threats in Libya, Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen, Panetta told USA Today in a story published on Monday.
Panetta, a respected policymaker who served under Obama, blamed the challenges on decisions the president made over the past three years.
Among those decisions, he cited Obama’s failure to push the Iraqi government hard enough to allow a residual US force to stay in the country after troops withdrew in 2011, saying that created a security “vacuum.”
The former defence secretary also pointed to Obama’s rejection of advice in 2012 from Panetta and then-secretary of state Hillary Clinton to begin arming Syrian rebels fighting against President Bashar Al Assad.
“I do think we would be in a better position to kind of know whether or not there is some moderate element in the rebel forces that are confronting [Al] Assad,” Panetta said.
