Wednesday, March 23, 2016

President Obama Defends His Islamic State War Strategy. Claims ISIS Is Not An Existential Threat To The U.S.



Politico: Obama: I’m not underplaying terror threats

The president defends his decision to attend baseball game in Cuba, saying Americans cannot let terrorists ‘disrupt our societies.’

President Barack Obama on Wednesday fiercely defended his unwavering commitment to battling the Islamic State – a position he keeps finding himself in, this time because of a baseball game.

Images of Obama doing the wave at a historic ballgame in Cuba with Raul Castro as the death toll mounted on Tuesday from deadly bombings in Brussels did not sit well with some.

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More News On President Obama Defending His ISIS War Strategy

Obama: US will go after ISIS 'aggressively' -- Reuters
Obama says top priority is to defeat Islamic State -- USA Today
Barack Obama says destroying Isis is his 'top priority' in wake of Brussels attacks -- The Guardian
Obama in Argentina: ‘Destroying’ ISIS a top priority -- RT
Obama: Like I Said At The Baseball Game, ISIS "Can't Destroy Us," "They Are Not An Existential Threat" -- RCP
Obama: ISIS Is 'Not an Existential Threat to Us' -- Weekly Standard
Obama Says Republicans’ Islamic State Tactics Would Be Folly -- Bloomberg
For Obama, Muted Reaction to Brussels Attacks Is by Design -- WSJ
Obama, in Argentina, rejects calls for change in strategy against Islamic State -- Washington Post

1 comment:

RussInSoCal said...

Every time this president makes a statement like this, an attack has been imminent.

E.g.:

"ISIL is contained" - right before Paris.

“ISIL is not going to pose an existential threat to us” - hours before San Bernardino.