国防情报负责人称，我不评估沙特是否有能力承担地面作战任务。阿联酋有能力，在也门表现很好，但缺乏力量承担其他地方的任务。
在本周反伊斯兰国联军各国国防部长在布鲁塞尔进行会议前，沙特阿联酋称愿意向叙利亚派遣地面部队。
他和国家情报负责人都说，欢迎沙特阿联酋派地面部队，但怀疑是否有效果。
他们说，阿联酋有能力，特别是在也门反恐战争中表现很好，但军队太少，可能无法在也门和叙利亚同时执行任务。
国防情报负责人说，对于他们是否有能力在也门和叙利亚伊拉克同时执行任务表示怀疑。他们在也门表现非常好，但是他们的能力相当有限。
同时，俩人都认为沙特要做更多的努力。
国家情报负责人称，他相当感激和重视沙特进行地面战的意愿。但这对他们来说，如果试着接受任务的话，是一个挑战。
沙特阿联酋提供地面部队的前提条件是美国的领导。国家情报负责人称，他对此的理解是他们需要美国的命令控制能力。
Intel chiefs: Saudi, UAE offers of ground troops against ISIS welcome, unlikely to help
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates may not have the capabilities to contribute significantly to the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), two intelligence chiefs said Tuesday.
“I do not assess that the Saudi ground forces would have either the capacity to take this fight on,” Vincent Stewart, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, told the Senate Armed Services Committee. “The Emiratis, very capable, acquitted themselves well in Yemen. They lack the capacity to take on additional fight elsewhere.”
Ahead of this week’s Brussels meeting of defense ministers from the entire coalition fighting ISIS, Saudi Arabia and the UAE both said they’d be willing to send in ground troops to Syria.
The Obama administration has long sought more help from coalition partners, particularly Sunni Arab countries U.S. officials feel could better maintain stability after the defeat of ISIS.
Stewart and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Tuesday while Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s offers are welcome, they questions whether either would be effective.
The UAE’s forces have proven very capable, particularly in its counterterrorism in Yemen, they said.
But the UAE is small and may not be able to handle both Yemen and Syria, they added.
“Whether they have the capacity to do both Yemen and something in Iraq-Syria is questionable for me,” Stewart said. “I think they’re doing extremely well in Yemen, but their capacity to do more is pretty limited.”
Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, would have even more of a struggle, Clapper and Stewart said.
“I certainly appreciate and value the Saudi willingness to engage on the ground, I think that would be a challenge for them if they try to take that on,” Clapper said.
Both the UAE and Saudi Arabia also put a prerequisite on their offers that they would need American leadership before making a commitment to ground troops.
Clapper said he interpreted that as meaning wanting the U.S. command control capability.
