re: #84 makeitstop

This. The screamers on FB are demanding that WE do something about Paris.

Why are we responsible? France can deliver their response well without our help.

We are helping though, providing targeting assistance and satellite intel.

The U.S. is expanding intelligence sharing with France and has agreed to speed the delivery of detailed targeting information in support of French retaliatory strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, officials said.

In response to Friday’s coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, the U.S. has started sharing so-called “targeting packages” with France, identifying Islamic State targets for strikes by French warplanes. It also plans to roll back restrictions that impede intelligence sharing to make it easier for France to intensify its air campaign.

Officials said the changes amount to giving France a seat at the table alongside America’s most-trusted intelligence-sharing partners in developing future target packages for strikes against Islamic State.

Basically the Obama Administration has effectively elevated France to what was previously knows as Five Eyes status, at least with regards to combatting ISIS. Something we’ve not done before.