Obama: We're 'Hammering' Islamic State -- USA Today
President Obama struck an aggressive and optimistic tone Monday about U.S.-led efforts to roll back the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, saying the jihadist group is now on the defensive.
"Along with our coalition partners, we are hammering these terrorists," Obama told troops at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey. "Taking out their fighters, their commanders, hundreds of vehicles and tanks, nearly 200 oil and gas facilities, the infrastructure that funds their terror."
Obama also told the troops: "More than a thousand fighting positions, checkpoints, buildings, barracks — we're taking them out. That's because of the work that you do."
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Update #1: Obama vows no safe haven for Islamic State -- Reuters
Update #2: Obama Defends Progress Against Extremists -- New York Times
My Comment: We have been "hammering" these guys since 2003 .... but I guess they never got the memo to quit.
Update: Obama’s ISIS Boasts Ring Hollow -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary Magazine
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