{"id":60753,"date":"2015-07-07T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=60753"},"modified":"2015-07-06T19:37:10","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T23:37:10","slug":"obama-on-the-war-against-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=60753","title":{"rendered":"Obama on the war against ISIS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday morning, the internet and the media were all a-buzz about that fellow Obama and his “rare” trip a mile and a half from the White House to the Pentagon. That President fellow was finally going to wow us with his strategy for the war against those mean guys in Syria and Iraq, you know, the people who we can’t decide what their name is – ISIS, ISIL, Islamic State, or whatever. So what do we get? Well, here it is – that whole strategy thing encapsulated by the Associated Press<\/a>;<\/p>\n

President Barack Obama on Monday conceded difficulties in fighting “opportunistic” and “nimble” Islamic State militants, but defended progress that had been made in combating the extremists in Iraq and Syria.<\/p>\n

During a rare visit to the Pentagon, Obama also warned of the Islamic State’s efforts to recruit and inspire vulnerable people in the United States.<\/p>\n

“The threat of lone wolves or small cells of terrorists is complex,” Obama said following a meeting with top defense officials.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Um, well, surely, Bloomberg has something useful to say about the President’s address on the subject;<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a long term campaign,\u201d Obama said at the Pentagon. Islamic State \u201cis opportunistic and it is nimble.\u201d<\/p>\n

No amount of military force can dislodge Islamic State unless the \u201cunderlying conditions\u201d of economic hardship and sectarian strife are addressed in the region, he said, characterizing the fight as a \u201cgenerational struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recent loses of territory previously held by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria prove that the group \u201ccan and will be defeated,\u201d Obama said.<\/p>\n

The visit to the Pentagon follows a weekend of heavy coalition airstrikes against Islamic State\u2019s stronghold in eastern Syria. More than a dozen strikes targeted buildings and transit routes used by the militant group, according to the Pentagon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Platitudes and nothing substantive. I’m not saying that he has to tell us a piece-by-piece strategy or anything. I just want to hear that he knows what he’s doing. But here’s a quote for the ages; “Ideologies are not defeated with guns, they\u2019re defeated by better ideas”. Yeah, well, ISIS isn’t really an ideology, fella. It’s a bunch of criminals that you’re not willing to imprison in Guantanamo. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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