Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials On President Obama's Strategy To Combat The Islamic State

Top Question For Obama: What's His Plan For ISIS? -- Kevin Liptak, CNN

Washington (CNN) -- When President Barack Obama steps in front of cameras Wednesday, he'll be addressing a nation that's simultaneously war-weary and ready for more military action against ISIS; critical of Obama's handling of the crisis yet largely supportive of his commitment to keep combat troops out.

Those currents of public opinion, however convoluted, will shape how Obama frames his strategy for "degrading and ultimately defeating" the Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, which Americans now believe pose a real threat and must be combated.

Here's what the polling suggests Americans are listening for when Obama speaks Wednesday:

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials On President Obama's Strategy To Combat The Islamic State

What Obama Faces in a Campaign Against ISIS -- NYT
US Needs Broad Coalition to Fight IS Militants, Analysts Say -- VOA
Stepping warily onto the battlefield -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
If the Islamic State’s plan was to terrify America, it worked -- Adam Taylor, Washington Post
Why Obama faces tough task leading regional coalition against Islamic State -- Scott Peterson, CSM
Obama’s massive ISIS test: Here’s what’s at stake in his speech tonight -- Elias Isquith, Salon
Obama’s Coalition to Fight ISIS Is No Sure Thing -- David Francis, Fiscal Times
In Syria, Obama must win trust to beat Islamic State -- Tom Perry and Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters
Obama Fighting a 2-Front War, Like Rome -- Michael Auslin, Politico
Obama’s ISIS Strategy Needs to Hit Syria Too -- Roger Zakheim, NRO
5 Questions for Obama's ISIS Speech -- Nather & Dovere, Politico
10 questions for Obama on ISIS -- Newt Gingrich, CNN
As Obama gropes for a strategy, a quest for moderates in Syria -- Dan Murphy, CSM
Obama Against ISIS: The End of Halfheartedness? -- Leon Wieseltier, New Republic
Islamic State Demands a New Obama -- Clive Crook, Bloomberg
Let the Middle East Fight Its Own War on ISIS -- Jeffrey Sachs, Huffington Post
This is the speech Obama would give on ISIS if he were brutally honest -- Zack Beauchamp, VOX

My Comment: The above video from New York Times is a must see. Yes .... the New York Times actually does a brutal analysis on President Obama's past remarks.