Iraq Kurd PM: The War Against The Islamic State Is Going To Last A Long Time

Iraq's Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani speaks at the Iraq-Kurdistan Oil and Gas Conference at Arbil in Iraq's Kurdistan region, December 2, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Azad Lashkari

Reuters: Kurdish PM says U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State faces long war

Update: Air strikes alone not enough to defeat Islamic State: NATO chief -- Reuters

WNU Editor: Everyone is now hinting that this war is going to go on for a long time. What also does not help the war effort is the reluctance of Iraq and of the U.S. in providing the means for the anti-Islamic State forces (such as the Kurds) to take the fight to the Islamic State .... Victorious Kurds ask White House for promised weapons (Bloomberg).