Some analysts have urged that the US should fuel ethnic rivalries in the Middle East in hope that this will pressure and contain Iran while bolstering US security interests.
Though it's these interactions that either bolster us up as individuals and communities, or completely break our hearts.
When asked by reporters, Kerry insisted it was a "coincidence" that the bolstered US presence was announced on the same day talks began with Iran.
The president told a gathering of entertainment industry executives and employees near Los Angeles on Tuesday they had bolstered US influence and made a better world.
Most of the arms shipped at the behest of Saudi Arabia and Qatar are going to hardline Islamic jihadists, and not the more secular opposition groups that the west wants to bolster, US officials and diplomats have told the New York Times.
President Barack Obama is seeking to bolster US efforts to train and arm select members of the Syrian opposition, a move that comes amid increased US concern that the conflicts in Syria and Iraq are becoming an intertwined fight against the same Sunni extremist group.
Archbishop Dominique Lebrun said the mayor's words "bolster us in the desire to participate in the common life of your city and of the world, so we will not repeat the tragedy of [drowned Syrian refugee boy] Alan nor the tragedy of Jacques Hamel".
"Joel's come in to bolster us and adds a bit of experience at this level, which is something we need," manager Lee Johnson told the club website. .
