That’s what groups like ISIL are hoping for. “This is about who we are, this is about the nature of freedom”. “We’ve not stopped them from spreading geographically, they’ve spread to Libya and are becoming more powerful forces in Libya”. In both countries, we’re deploying special operations forces who can accelerate that offensive. “But they also know that if we occupy foreign lands, they can maintain insurgencies for years, killing thousands of our troops and draining our resources, and using our presence to draw new recruits”, he said.
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Ahmed says many people don’t realize ISIS is also targeting Muslims.
The latest outrage has prompted little of the patriotism-fuelled solidarity that marked the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
“At the same time, the broader American community has a responsibility to make clear that we’re gonna work with Muslim Americans to protect our country and to protect those in their community that are at risk of being radicalised”, the presidential spokesman said. He said he would also pursue a cease-fire agreement in Syria, which would allow for a “common goal” between the United States and Russian Federation to pursue ISIS.
During a primetime address from the Oval Office, Obama’s address comes after 14 people were shot and killed in San Bernardino, California, on December 2.
“Our nation has been at war with terrorists since Al Qaeda killed almost 3,000 Americans on 9/11”.
“If there are ways to improve the vetting, we are certainly for that process”.
Obama told a peak viewing audience that “the terrorist threat has evolved into a new phase” but argued that his strategy was equipped to deal with this.
“A lot of these issues are being discussed in the context of a hotly competitive presidential election”, Earnest said.
But what America really needs from its commander-in-chief is more resolve that we have the right strategy to defeat the Islamic State and confront what he called an “evolving” terror threat. “And they account for a tiny fraction of a more than a billion Muslims around the world, including millions of patriotic Muslim-Americans who reject their hateful ideology”. Still, he called on Muslims in the USA and around the world to take up the cause of fighting extremism.
Sunday night’s address was only the third time the Oval Office has been used by President Obama – a point hardly lost on historian and author H.W. Brands, senior chair in history at the University of Texas at Austin.
“If you need proof that Congress is a hostage to the gun lobby, look no further than today’s vote blocking a bill to prevent known or suspected terrorists from buying guns and explosives”, she said. “This is a matter of national security”, he said. “And since the attacks in Paris, our closest allies – including France, Germany, and the United Kingdom – have ramped up their contributions to our military campaign, which will help us accelerate our effort to destroy ISIL”. “For example, I’d like to see him put a four-star general over there in the area as evidence of his newfound commitment… that he’s resolved to eliminate this threat for us”. He called on Americans to resist xenophobia of Syrian refugees and pleaded for unity.
“I am confident we will succeed in this mission because we are on the right side of history”.
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I talked with @FoxNews last night in response to President Obama’s Oval Office address.
