President Obama: ISIS Threat 'Doesn't Frighten Us'

President Obama meeting last year in the White House to discuss the apparent use of poison gas in the Syrian civil war. Credit Pete Souza/The White House

Obama: ISIS Threat Against U.S., Allies 'Doesn't Frighten Us' -- CNN

Washington (CNN) -- With approval in hand to arm and train Syrian rebels to fight the ISIS terror group, President Barack Obama said Thursday the plan keeps with "the key principle" of U.S. strategy: No American combat troops on the ground.

"The American troops deployed to Iraq do not and will not have a combat mission," he said in televised remarks from the White House.

"Their mission is to advise and assist our partners on the ground. ...We can destroy ISIL without having our troops fight another ground war in the Middle East."

Obama said more than 40 countries, including Arab nations, have offered assistance in the battle against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, which calls itself the Islamic State.

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My Comment: 'ISIS Threat Doesn't Frighten Us' .... someone should send a memo to the U.S. State Department who it appears have a different opinion.