Obama: Systematic Strategy Aims to "Dismantle" ISIL
Looks like a response to all of this cannot wait until after the November elections afterall...
From article: A “systematic and methodical” strategy over a long period of time can “dismantle” the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, President Obama said Friday.
Speaking at the conclusion of an important NATO summit in Wales, Obama tried again during a news conference to clarify U.S. and international objectives against the terror organization, and the strategy necessary to combat the Sunni extremists. Beyond describing a considered approach unfolding in “stages,” and ruling out placing U.S. ground troops inside Syria, the president offered few specifics about military approaches, even as the timetable for developing options appeared to lengthen.
Although earlier in the week he described reducing the Islamic State until it was a “manageable problem,” on Friday Obama dismissed containment as an option.
“You can’t contain an organization that is running roughshod through that much territory, causing that much havoc, displacing that many people, killing that many innocents, enslaving that many women,” he said.
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