Italy is supporting the Pershmerga in the common fight against ISIS.
The British Ministry of Defense announced today was that Britain joined into the aid of France and other allies to go after the ISIS safe haven in Syria.
All of Syria’s neighbors are using the present civil war to pursue their own agendas.
The next power projection piece for the Egyptian military might well be the A400M airlifter.
While Putin was working the Syrian opportunity in September, the Russian Prime Minister was visiting the disputed islands with Japan.
There is an evident European strategic shift away from the agenda set by Washington.
For the French, the way forward seemed self-evident.
The Wedgetail program went from “troubled” to trailblazing by starting with a significant and decisive decision.