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White House: We're Not At 'War' With ISIS
BusinessInsider ^ | 29 Aug 2014 | COLIN CAMPBELL

Posted on 08/29/2014 8:14:56 AM PDT by shove_it

The White House is insisting the U.S. is not at war with the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, despite an aggressive air campaign and previously labeling the jihadist group an "imminent threat to every interest we have." "Before getting into the strategy though, there seems [to be] a fundamental, existential question: Is the United States presently at war with ISIS, yes or no?" MSNBC host Chris Hayes asked President Barack Obama's top spokesman, White House press secretary Josh Earnest, on Thursday.

Earnest went with "no."

"No, Chris. What we are doing is we are working very aggressively with international partners, with Iraqi and Kurdish security forces, to take the steps necessary to mitigate the threat that's posed by ISIL," he responded.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: caliphate; caliphate4jarrett; caliphate4valerie; hussein
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1 posted on 08/29/2014 8:14:56 AM PDT by shove_it
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He’s right. We’re at war with Islam and until we ban it here, we will continue to be at risk.

“Pet the pig” in order to enter the US or board a plane.


2 posted on 08/29/2014 8:16:35 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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NOTICE: jch10 IS at war with ISIS.


3 posted on 08/29/2014 8:17:12 AM PDT by jch10 (WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THE COYOTE IN CHIEF?)
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4 posted on 08/29/2014 8:17:40 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Pining_4_TX

Obama was raised a Sunni. He won’t oppose ISIS until they wipe out the Shia’s in Syria and Iraq.


5 posted on 08/29/2014 8:17:43 AM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23)
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To: shove_it

White House: We’re Not At ‘War’ With ISIS

Isn’t that a positional statement?


6 posted on 08/29/2014 8:18:21 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: shove_it

Wait a few days and you won’t have a choice


7 posted on 08/29/2014 8:19:44 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: shove_it

odd. they’re at war with us.


8 posted on 08/29/2014 8:20:05 AM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: shove_it; John Semmens

FReeper John Semmens was way ahead of this one a week ago...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3196146/posts


9 posted on 08/29/2014 8:20:09 AM PDT by shove_it (long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of Obama's America)
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To: shove_it

Hey, dumbass!!

They are AT WAR WITH YOU!


10 posted on 08/29/2014 8:20:26 AM PDT by Flintlock
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To: Pining_4_TX

“Pet the pig” to board the plane. What an ingenious idea. An airline themed with everything Islamists detest would be the safest airline on the planet.


11 posted on 08/29/2014 8:20:48 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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"Obama was raised a Sunni. He won’t oppose ISIS until they wipe out the Shia’s in Syria and Iraq."

Oooops, you left out 'Christians'.

12 posted on 08/29/2014 8:21:41 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: Flintlock

Rumor has it that Obama has recently doubled his usual order of DEPENDS (Tm).

This is purely speculation on my part, but I suspect that both Putin and ISIS have just this week scared the pee out of Obama.


13 posted on 08/29/2014 8:22:02 AM PDT by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: shove_it

Amazingly stupid even by Obama’s standards.


14 posted on 08/29/2014 8:22:25 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: shove_it
But they're at war with us, you imbecile!

Get a clue and get a pair and destroy them while we can! Don't repeat the lead up to WWII with your head in the sand (trap).

God, but I hate this man, and everything about him.

15 posted on 08/29/2014 8:22:31 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: shove_it

The White House can’t be at War with itself


16 posted on 08/29/2014 8:23:29 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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17 posted on 08/29/2014 8:24:36 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: aimhigh

Sooner or later...and, I hope sooner....Americans are going to realize that POTUS, Obama is one of them (The Muslim Brotherhood & ISIS)....not one of us!!! I only pray everyday, that God protects the USA from homeland & foreign attack on USA military, public servants and the innocent American people!! I certainly know Obama will never do it!!! Sad....that our country cannot see the forest for the trees. We have many traitors among us, mostly, Obamabots and every Democrat!!! God help us...we, ourselves, have released the “Satan” on America!!!


18 posted on 08/29/2014 8:24:52 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party, politically!!!.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

And it would not bother vegetarians or (I think I am correct here) Jews, as long as they are not required to eat pork. It would only affect Muslims, and they are the problem, in spite of what weak politicians won’t say.


19 posted on 08/29/2014 8:25:08 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: shove_it

You’re not at war with ISIS???

I wasn’t fighting every man who ever took a swing at my head either but, I ended their aggression.

You are confused and sending a very dangerous message


20 posted on 08/29/2014 8:25:23 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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