Mofa Confirms Afghans Fighting With Islamic State Militants

[dilloduck]

LOL very practical.

 

[Ropey]

Sept. 10, 2014 9:24 p.m. ET

U.S. Will Lead Coalition Against Islamic State, Obama Says

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is authorizing the start of airstrikes in Syria and expanding the monthlong bombing campaign in Iraq to "degrade and ultimately destroy" Islamist militants who recently beheaded two Americans, he told the nation Wednesday evening.

The decisions, detailed in a prime-time address on the eve of the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, would considerably deepen U.S. military involvement in the Middle East and mark an acknowledgment by Mr. Obama that the intensity of the threat from the militant group Islamic State requires the type of long-term, open-ended conflict he has resisted since taking office—and which he campaigned for the White House saying he would avoid.

Mr. Obama's strategy to combat the extremist group that calls itself Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, is designed to help Iraqis reclaim large swaths of territory the group has overtaken since spilling over from its stronghold in neighboring Syria in recent months, administration officials said. That means the U.S. would for the first time strike at the group's bases and havens in Syria, officials said.

"America will lead a broad coalition to roll back this terrorist threat," Mr. Obama said. "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."

Let's see if he chews this one down to the core and tosses it away or follows through. President Obama's strategy is to 'combat ISIS'.

ISIS has been slaughtering for two years and President Obama had no strategy. Now his strategy is to fight them?

http://online.wsj.com/articles/pres...alition-to-roll-back-islamic-state-1410388576