And we will destroy this terrorist organization.
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Sir Christopher, a key figure in negotiations between Washington and London over the Iraq War during his six-year stint as ambassador to the United States, said any plan to deal with Isis would need to take into account regional realpolitik. “The situation with people joining ISIS is different compared to other conflicts, where people who would go usually had a more solid understanding of their religion, and what they wanted to do if they went to fight”, he said.
Since IS militants killed 130 in France nine days ago, Obama’s strategy has come under repeated questioning.
President Obama, on Sunday, ordered an assessment of whether intelligence reports from US Central Command (Centcom) [official website] were changed by supervisory military personnel before formal submission to present a more optimistic picture of the American military campaign against the Islamic State (IS). The leader of the free world, today at a press conference at the Ritz Carlton in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, vowed to destory ISIS and to take the land they are now occupying. The Islamic State is no longer gobbling territory and in fact has lost a bit, but its leaders can still claim to have established and defended an Islamic “caliphate” that serves as magnet and inspiration for jihadist militants around the world. The White House has insisted there will be no change in plans. Hollande will then travel to Russia to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Destroying ISIL is not only a realistic goal, were going to get it done”. The two met last week during an economic summit in Turkey.
Nearly five decades of fighting between rebels and the Assad government has generated a machine that permitted the State to flourish in Syria.
Monday, at the G-20 Summit in Turkey, an annoyed Obama, defensively snapped at reporters who asked about his underestimation of ISIS and the effectiveness of his military strategy against the terror army. French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said the West would “annihilate Islamic State worldwide”.
She praised recent developments in the fight, including an agreement in Vienna where various nations – including Iran and Russian Federation – talked about collaborative efforts to fight ISIS.
The discussions about a military coalition to defeat the Islamic State have come amid parallel talks about a diplomatic solution to end Syria’s civil war.
He expressed concern that legislation being considered in the U.S. House, though not as radical as that voiced by a few Republican presidential candidates in the past week, could “gum up the works so much” that it would effectively end the refugee program for “people who desperately need it”, particularly children. “Fighting an insurgency requires a lot more people than terrorism does”.
Just hours before the President’s stop at the refugee center, he adopted a more forceful tone talking about his administration’s commitment to combating terrorism.
French President Franç ois Hollande is urging the US and Russian Federation to join with his country to defeat extremists.
“This is a prime example of America and our partners working together to shape the world we want for future generations”, Obama said.
“That doesn’t actually make us safer because it doesn’t do a better job of screening”, he said. It has been confirmed that two of the terrorists who carried out the Paris attacks had entered Europe posing as refugees. The dynamics were not unlike former President George W. Bush’s shift of focus from chasing Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan to deposing Saddam Hussein in Iraq. “We’re a nation that can’t be cowed by evil-doers”.
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President Barack Obama speaks at a news conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, November 22, 2015.
