The U.S. State Department Contradicts President Obama By Saying That There Is A Strategy To Combat The Islamic State

Photo: U.S. State Department building in Washington June 5, 2009. Reuters/Jim Young/Files

Politico: State Dept.: Yes, the U.S. does have a strategy in Iraq

Actually, the United States does have a strategy to fight the Islamic State, a State Department spokesman says.

In separate television appearances on Monday and Tuesday, State spokesman John Kirby clarified President Barack Obama’s remark that the United States does not “yet have a complete strategy” for defeating the Islamic State.

“The president was referring yesterday to a specific plan to improve the training and equipping of Iraqi security forces, and the Pentagon is working on that plan right now. But absolutely, we have a strategy,” Kirby said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

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WNU Editor: Another U.S. State Department spokesman appears to not know the answer .... State Dept Struggles to Answer Whether They Have Complete Strategy Against Islamic State (Washington Free Beacon). These contradictions only feed the skepticism that many have on US policy in the region ..... and in the Middle East .... this perception is becoming deadly for our allies.