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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Obama says ready to launch air attacks on IS in Syria
2014-09-12
[ARABNEWS] US President Barack Obama
I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody...
said Wednesday he is ready to launch air strikes on Islamic State forces in Syria, expanding the campaign already undertaken against the hard boyz in Iraq.

"I have made it clear that we will hunt down bully boyz who threaten our country, wherever they are. That means I will not hesitate to take action against ISIL in Syria, as well as Iraq," Obama said in a televised address.

"This is a core principle of my presidency: if you threaten America, you will find no safe haven."

He called on Congress to give him "additional authorities and resources to train and equip" the Syrian opposition, saying they were the "best counterweight" to IS fighters, who have seized wide swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria.

"In the fight against ISIL, we cannot rely on an Assad regime that terrorizes its people; a regime that will never regain the legitimacy it has lost," he said, referring to Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Despoiler of Deraa...
Obama said the US would lead a "broad coalition" to roll back the threat posed by IS, but insisted that US combat troops will not be sent to fight on foreign soil as part of the operation.
Posted by:Fred

#4  I'm waiting for Mr. Obama to drag out the hi-res graphics monitor and start giving details.
Posted by: Pappy   2014-09-12 17:09  

#3  When migraine headaches trouble him, he finds relief by massaging is massive brain through a nasal passage.

He is, the most interesting man in the world.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-09-12 09:16  

#2  Unfortunately, 'wag the dog' strategy doesn't work as well in the internet era (see Pelosi and Reid desperately try to put that to an end). With the WH truth meter pegged at zero (except for the Koolaid drinkers), they're on a level playing field in the propaganda war with ISIS. As ye sow, so shall ye reap.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-09-12 08:50  

#1  None of what the Champ says or does is meant to defeat ISIS or radical Islam. His intent is to recapture media attention. Every move or statement he makes is a scripted event designed by a PR firm for one purpose only, that being the control of the media and the message.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-09-12 02:46  

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