Brian
09-10-2014, 19:32
So did anyone else catch this? If not here's the cliff notes:
1) Airstrikes(to include in Syria)
2) Training of Military Troops(475 US Military to Iraq)
3) Foreign Aid(25 Million to Iraq in Military Aid, and weapons)
4) Coalition Effort
President Barack Obama told the nation in a televised address on Wednesday that the United States continues to face a threat even as the country targets terror groups.
"We can't erase every trace of evil from the world, and small groups of killers have the capacity to do great harm. That was the case before 9/11, and that remains true today," Obama said at the White House.
"That's why we must remain vigilant as threats emerge. At this moment, the greatest threats come from the Middle East and North Africa, where radical groups exploit grievances for their own gain. And one of those groups is ISIL -- which calls itself the Islamic State."
ISIS poses a threat to the Middle East, including the people of Iraq and Syria. "If left unchecked, these terrorists could pose a growing threat beyond that region, including the United States," Obama said.
Among the key points to address the threat from ISIS:
-- The United States will carry out a "systematic campaign of airstrikes" against ISIS. "...That means I will not hesitate to take action against ISIL in Syria, as well as Iraq. This is a core principle of my presidency: if you threaten America, you will find no safe haven," Obama said. ISIS is often called ISIL.
-- The United States will send an additional 475 service members to Iraq, Obama said. "As I have said before, these American forces will not have a combat mission," the President said. "We will not get dragged into another ground war in Iraq. But they are needed to support Iraqi and Kurdish forces with training, intelligence and equipment."
It's time to go after ISIS in Iraq and Syria, President Barack Obama will tell the country Wednesday night in a nationally televised address intended to sell stepped-up military efforts to a war-weary public.
Excerpts released by the White House in advance signaled that Obama planned airstrikes on ISIS targets in Syria as well as Iraq, taking a step advocated by a growing number of U.S. politicians with increasing public support.
The speech from the White House also will seek to convince allies of a firm U.S. commitment to join them in an international coalition to fight the Sunni jihadists who rampaged across northern Iraq from Syria this year. They are known as ISIS, ISIL and Islamic State.
"A steady, relentless effort"
This counterterrorism campaign will be waged through a steady, relentless effort to take out ISIL wherever they exist, using our air power and our support for partner forces on the ground," Obama will say.
At the same time, he will make clear the strategy differed from all-out war again in Iraq less than three years after he withdrew combat forces from the country.
"It will not involve American combat troops fighting on foreign soil," Obama will say, according to the excerpts.
Noting the formation of a new Iraqi government, which his administration has demanded, Obama will announce that "America will lead a broad coalition to roll back this terrorist threat."
Objective: "degrade and ultimately destroy" ISIS
"Our objective is clear: We will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy," he will say.
Also Wednesday, Obama shifted $25 million in military aid to Iraqi forces, including Kurdish fighters in the north combating the ISIS extremists. The aid could include ammunition, small arms and vehicles, as well as military education and training, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said.
Obama has been criticized by conservatives and some Democrats for what they call a timid response so far to the threat by ISIS fighters. The recent beheading of two American journalists held captive by ISIS raised public awareness of the extremists and the threat they pose.
1) Airstrikes(to include in Syria)
2) Training of Military Troops(475 US Military to Iraq)
3) Foreign Aid(25 Million to Iraq in Military Aid, and weapons)
4) Coalition Effort
President Barack Obama told the nation in a televised address on Wednesday that the United States continues to face a threat even as the country targets terror groups.
"We can't erase every trace of evil from the world, and small groups of killers have the capacity to do great harm. That was the case before 9/11, and that remains true today," Obama said at the White House.
"That's why we must remain vigilant as threats emerge. At this moment, the greatest threats come from the Middle East and North Africa, where radical groups exploit grievances for their own gain. And one of those groups is ISIL -- which calls itself the Islamic State."
ISIS poses a threat to the Middle East, including the people of Iraq and Syria. "If left unchecked, these terrorists could pose a growing threat beyond that region, including the United States," Obama said.
Among the key points to address the threat from ISIS:
-- The United States will carry out a "systematic campaign of airstrikes" against ISIS. "...That means I will not hesitate to take action against ISIL in Syria, as well as Iraq. This is a core principle of my presidency: if you threaten America, you will find no safe haven," Obama said. ISIS is often called ISIL.
-- The United States will send an additional 475 service members to Iraq, Obama said. "As I have said before, these American forces will not have a combat mission," the President said. "We will not get dragged into another ground war in Iraq. But they are needed to support Iraqi and Kurdish forces with training, intelligence and equipment."
It's time to go after ISIS in Iraq and Syria, President Barack Obama will tell the country Wednesday night in a nationally televised address intended to sell stepped-up military efforts to a war-weary public.
Excerpts released by the White House in advance signaled that Obama planned airstrikes on ISIS targets in Syria as well as Iraq, taking a step advocated by a growing number of U.S. politicians with increasing public support.
The speech from the White House also will seek to convince allies of a firm U.S. commitment to join them in an international coalition to fight the Sunni jihadists who rampaged across northern Iraq from Syria this year. They are known as ISIS, ISIL and Islamic State.
"A steady, relentless effort"
This counterterrorism campaign will be waged through a steady, relentless effort to take out ISIL wherever they exist, using our air power and our support for partner forces on the ground," Obama will say.
At the same time, he will make clear the strategy differed from all-out war again in Iraq less than three years after he withdrew combat forces from the country.
"It will not involve American combat troops fighting on foreign soil," Obama will say, according to the excerpts.
Noting the formation of a new Iraqi government, which his administration has demanded, Obama will announce that "America will lead a broad coalition to roll back this terrorist threat."
Objective: "degrade and ultimately destroy" ISIS
"Our objective is clear: We will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy," he will say.
Also Wednesday, Obama shifted $25 million in military aid to Iraqi forces, including Kurdish fighters in the north combating the ISIS extremists. The aid could include ammunition, small arms and vehicles, as well as military education and training, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said.
Obama has been criticized by conservatives and some Democrats for what they call a timid response so far to the threat by ISIS fighters. The recent beheading of two American journalists held captive by ISIS raised public awareness of the extremists and the threat they pose.