Posted on 08/25/2014 11:34:21 AM PDT by Nachum
Back from his vacation, President Obama is scheduled to meet with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel Monday for an update on the series of air strikes launched against the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq.
Obama may increase military action against the terrorist group after the beheading of American journalist James Foley, as members of his administration continue to escalate warlike rhetoric.
When people harm Americans, anywhere, we do whats necessary to see that justice is done, Obama said in a statement during his vacation on Marthas Vineyard last week.
Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes signaled Friday that the United States viewed Foleys death as an attack on America.
Clearly, the brutal execution of Jim Foley represented an affront, an attack, not just on him, but hes an American. And we see that as an attack on our country when one of our own is killed like that, he said.
Last week, Hagel explained that IS had grown beyond anything that we've seen," posing a new paradigm of threats to this country."
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
I learned today that Chuck Hagel plays golf.
Thank you. I saw that this morning and was happy to see it again.
That'll only happen if Hagel tells Obama that Isis is going to ban golf. THEN he'll drop everything and pay attention.
Wow...tell that to the families of the men who died in Benghazi...
I wonder who was the “pitcher” and who was the “catcher” at that meeting? Of course, of ideas.
To tell Chuckie that he got it all wrong last week and that he had better get out there and reverse himself. Mooslums are not a threat, go that?
I guess they wet all over themselves when they found out Egypt and UAE bombed the insurgents in Libya.
What a strange world we live in. I’m betting that we see some strange alliances against ISIS before it is over.
Muslime and converted muslime figering how to surrender?
Bring back Gates! Anything those two strategize will be broadcast to the enemy via MSM news ASAP!
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