Syria and other countries are not willing to combat ISIS because they are sitting back and waiting for America to do it, said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday.

“I think the people of America are getting sick and tired of the world and the region, Saudi Arabia and the other countries saying, ‘Hey, we don’t have to do anything about it. The American taxpayer, American soldiers will do all the work for us,’” Sanders said on CNN’s State of the Union.

When asked if America should pull out of these countries if they continue to be lax about taking down the ISIS threat within their borders, the senator responded by questioning why it is those Islamic countries are not seeing ISIS as a threat to be dealt with.

He insisted if America fights for Iraq and Syria, the nature of the war would alter and all of Iraq and Syria might turn against America.

“If the Middle East people perceive this is the United States versus ISIS, the West versus the East, Christianity versus Islam, we’re going to lose that war. This is a war for the soul of Islam and the Muslim nations must be deeply involved,” he said.

More than 30 countries have agreed to support the United States in their efforts against ISIS by offering monetary assistance and helping with military operations, but it is not enough for Sanders.

He stressed the importance that more developed countries also become involved, “the U.K., France, Germany, other countries as well,” he said, “We can’t do it alone. It has to be an international and regional coalition.”

Though Sanders heavily insisted in this interview the importance for ISIS to be fought within its own Islamic countries, he just last month voted against arming Syrian rebels due to fears the rebels would turn against America. He addressed this contradiction by insisting he fears America being “sucked into a quagmire and being involved in perpetual warfare year after year after year.”