December 22, 2015 | Quote

Rob Wittman Mostly Right About The Few Nations ‘Truly’ Fighting ISIS

Although dozens of nations have pledged to fight the Islamic State, few actually have joined the U.S. in taking military steps against the group, says U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-1st.

During a recent interview on C-SPAN, Wittman said the U.S. could use some help in the air campaign against the Islamic State. “Of the 65 coalition partners, only nine are truly actively involved in these efforts,” he said. “This will not be successful if we don’t have those coalition partners involved.”

We wondered if Wittman is correct that only nine nations have joined the U.S. in taking military action against the Islamic State.

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David Weinberg, a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, told PolitiFact that of the dozen allies the Pentagon says actually have conducted airstrikes, “some of those are only symbolic or largely out of date.” Weinberg said the countries with the best case for taking a “serious” role in the air campaign, outside of the U.S., are France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Australia.

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Syria