Robert Ford : The administration provided material support to Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga and Iraqi special operations forces , and with judicious use of airstrikes enabled them to repel ISIS attacks northwest and northeast of Baghdad . U.S. mulling strike on ISIS elements in Syria . U.S. pressure on Iraq , including to form new government , has bolstered efforts to repel ISIS . He says aiding moderate Syria opposition would help them do the same , as al-Assad weakens . Comment: Aid should hinge on rebels making new government with shared focus on driving out ISIS .
Robert Ford : U.S. mulling strike on ISIS elements in Syria . U.S. pressure on Iraq , including to form new government , has bolstered efforts to repel ISIS . He says aiding moderate Syria opposition would help them do the same , as al-Assad weakens . Comment: Aid should hinge on rebels making new government with shared focus on driving out ISIS .