In a previous interview with PBS’s Charlie Rose, Jordan’s King Abdullah said, “We, as Arab and Muslim countries…need to take ownership of this”.. Rhetoric comes easily, but implementation does not.. When pressed by Rose about deploying Jordanian troops the king demurred, noting “at the end of the day, whether it’s in Iraq or in Syria, it has to be done by the local populations themselves”.. Here lie the limits of the anti-ISIS coalition: U.S. partners in the region are unable or unwilling to do more.. Key reasons for this reticence include limited capability, Iraq’s uninterest in foreign troops, regional tensions and fear of domestic blowback.. U.S. allies in the region invest heavily in air power, but their conventional land forces remain limited (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and Bahrain), or outdated (Jordan).. The coalition’s contribution to date is limited: of 1,219 airstrikes conducted in Iraq and Syria since August, coalition partners contributed 208.. Second, Iraq’s leaders have di...