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White House says US is at war with ISIL |
2014-09-13 |
![]() I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... 's remarks about the terror network. "In the same way that we are at war with al-Qaeda and its affiliates around the globe, we are at war with ISIL," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said on Friday. He made the comments one day after Kerry said that the US strategy to fight ISIL included "many different things that one doesn't think of normally in context of war." Earnest added that Washington's new strategy was "different than the strategies previously pursued in Iraq." The strategy for handling the group was "consistent with the counterterrorism strategy we've pursued in cases all around the world," he said. "This president, as is expected of American presidents, is stepping up to lead an international coalition to confront that threat and to deny ISIL a safe haven. And ultimately, this international coalition will be responsible for degrading and destroying ISIL," according to the press secretary. Meanwhile, ...back at the pond, the enormous newt was trying to decide if Gloria was edible... Pentagon front man John Kirby reiterated that the US military is at war with ISIL. During a speech on Wednesday, President Barack Obama Ready to Rule from Day One... said that his country was prepared to expand its bombing campaign against ISIL Death Eaters and launch The Pentagon announced that the United States already has conducted more than154 The B.O. regime has also planned to further arm and train what it calls "moderate" hard boyz in Syria to fight against ISIL terrorists. |
Posted by:Fred |
#8 To be a war congress has to declare it. |
Posted by: irishrageboy 2014-09-13 17:10 |
#7 "What is the meaning of 'is'?" |
Posted by: borgboy 2014-09-13 16:35 |
#6 So its a not-war war. What a muddle. |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-09-13 15:46 |
#5 International coalition = A gaggle of Arabs singing "Onward, Christian Soldiers" in bad three-part harmony. |
Posted by: Pappy 2014-09-13 12:52 |
#4 Limited or global? ISIS seems to be attracting jihadist boneheads from all over the world including the U.S. A lot of whether things go global is up to them unless things can get tamped down where they are. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2014-09-13 11:21 |
#3 The war against AQ was authorized by an AUMF passed by Congress in September 2001. That doesn't cover ISIL today. The 90 day clock is in countdown (the clock established by the Donks in the War Powers Act). |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-09-13 09:58 |
#2 Would that be a limited, local war, or a war of a "global" nature ? |
Posted by: Besoeker 2014-09-13 08:14 |
#1 Now Josh, it wasn't so hard saying war was it? Now can you say Islamic? |
Posted by: JohnQC 2014-09-13 07:56 |