U.S. President Barack Obama (C) sits down to a meeting with Defense Secretary Ash Carter (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Army General Martin Dempsey (R), for an update on U.S. efforts against the Islamic State (ISIS), at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia July 6, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
The Hill: Pentagon chief: Obama wants to defeat ISIS by end of his term
President Obama wants the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) defeated by the end of his term, Defense Secretary Ash Carter says.
"That's what he said he wants. That's what he told me and [Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford]. He said, 'Get this done as soon as possible. I'd like to not leave this to my successor,' " Carter said Friday an event hosted by Politico.
He added that Obama called for the process to be accelerated last fall — about a year after the U.S. first began its counter-ISIS campaign.
The administration now has only nine months left, but Carter said he's optimistic.
"I'm confident that we'll do it. And we have an operational plan now," he said.
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WNU Editor: I see the opposite. The Islamic State may lose territory in the Middle East, but they will be expanding everywhere else .... specifically in North Africa. And then there is the Taliban in Afghanistan .... that war is expanding.
3 comments:
As delusional as ever.
Shades of "Where is Steiner"? I think he has no belief this will happen, instead it's a political move. When it doesn't happen it will be blame (the usual suspects) everybody else , but him. If by some miracle it happens then he'll merrily accept the credit.
It gives Hillary (or whoever the Democrat actually is) some patriotic cover to wrap around themselves.
In the end I assure all that we'll a chorus of "he tried, he really really did, but he was foiled in his enterprise by the evil......."
Like Putin said "Obama is a child"
Like Rush said "We've got a two-year-old man-child with a Mars-size ego -- which, today, crashed and burned."
Obama aspirationally asserted a goal and has not details on how to achieve it.
His plan is so vague that he could blame little pink elephants from Mars if it doesn't happen and it would be a true statement.
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