Obama has spent much of his foreign swing through Turkey and Southeast Asia make entreaties against curbing the number of Syrian migrants accepted into the United States, which a few lawmakers have suggested in the aftermath of the Paris terror attacks.
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ISIL’s still not the varsity group, President Barack Obama said on Sunday, however in the event that Republicans running for president and in Congress keep on playing so as to react to assaults off reasons for alarm, they’re doing the terrorists’ work for them. After all, that’s precisely what terrorists like ISIL want, because, ultimately, that’s the only way that they can win. “We will destroy this terrorist organization”, he vowed.
Regarding Syria, the president said US leadership brought all the key countries together in Vienna to discuss a common understanding on the principles for ending the Syrian civil war.
“If you are a parent and you saw those kids, and thought about what they went through, the notion we couldn’t find a home for them anywhere in the United States of America…?” he said, trailing off into anger.
“The question at this point is whether [Russia] can make the strategic adjustment that allows them to be effective partners with us”, Obama said during a press conference in Malaysia Sunday. Obama also warned against succumbing to fear of ISIS and called for the media to report in a way that would “maintain perspective” and avoid bolstering terrorism, while calling militants “a bunch of killers with good social media”.
The attacks have led to increased security in the French capital, and the country’s government has extended a state of emergency for three months. “And we’re going to pursue it with every aspect of American power and with all of the coalition partners that we’ve assembled”. Prejudice and discrimination helps ISIL and undermines our national security.
President Obama said the USA will continue to lead the global coalition to roll back ISIL in Iraq and Syria to take out more of their leaders and commanders so they will not be able to threaten us. That’s part of how we defeat them.
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Doing so, he argued, would demonstrate American values around the globe.
