Obama Makes The Case For War Against ISIS As He Promises To 'Take Out' The Terror Group In Iraq AND Syria: 'You Will Find No Safe Haven' -- Daily Mail
* Obama mocks the 'Islamic State' as 'a terrorist organization, pure and simple'
* 'We will degrade, and ultimately destroy' ISIS 'through a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy'
* The US is committed to attacking ISIS in Syria as well as Iraq: 'You will find no safe haven'
* Four-point plan includes airstrikes, support for Iraqi army units, counter-terrorism activities to hamstring ISIS, and renewed humanitarian aid
* President wants $500 million from Congress to arm Syrian rebels
* 'We have not yet detected specific plotting against our homeland,' he cautioned
* Republicans cast Obama as a Johnnie-come-lately who enabled ISIS with an Iraq troop withdrawal and then crafted a weak plan to defeat them
* 'At ISIL headquarters in Raqqa, Syria, you can hear a sigh of relief,' said one GOP senator
* Academics and war historians chastised Obama for ruling out the use of American ground troops
President Barack Obama said Wednesday night that he intends to pursue terrorists from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) across the invisible border between Iraq and Syria if that's necessary to defeat them. He also pledged to avoid putting tens of thousands of American boots on the ground there.
In a four-point plan laid out Wednesday night the U.S. leader announced coming airstrikes in both countries, additional support for Iraqi army units, counter-terrorism activities to hamstring ISIS, and renewed humanitarian aid for victims of ISIS militants.
'This counter-terrorism campaign will be waged through a steady, relentless effort to take out ISIL wherever they exist,' Obama vowed, referring to ISIS by its alternate name, 'using our air power and our support for partner forces on the ground.'
A senior Pentagon official confirmed that 'the U.S. military is ready to conduct direct action against ISIL targets in Syria.'
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