Obama Will Disclose ISIS Strategy on Wednesday
By Jeralyn, Section War In Iraq
Posted on Sun Sep 07, 2014 at 02:37:16 PM EST
Tags: Obama, ISIS (all tags)
Posted on Sun Sep 07, 2014 at 02:37:16 PM EST
Tags: Obama, ISIS (all tags)
President Obama will outline the U.S. response to ISIS in a speech on Wednesday. Today on Meet the Press:
“What I want people to understand is that over the course of months, we are going to be able to not just blunt the momentum” of the militants, he said. “We are going to systematically degrade their capabilities. We’re going to shrink the territory that they control. And ultimately, we’re going to defeat them.”
Although Obama said there would be a “military element” to the strategy, he added that “this is not going to be an announcement about U.S. ground troops."
He also said he regrets golfing after the James Foley beheading as it had the "wrong optics." You can watch his interview on the Meet the Press website.
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