Networks Heap Praise on Obama’s “Tough” Response to ISIL

free beacon ^ | 9/3/14 | Stephen Gutowski

[Nachum]

President Obama has refused to commit American soldiers to the fight against the brutal Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS), saying “we don’t have a strategy” to defeat the terrorists.

Network newscasts have praised the president’s statements against ISIL, labeling them “tough.” They also praised the expediency of his “fighting words.” Newsbusters reports:

After President Obama admitted on Thursday that he had “no strategy” for dealing with the ISIS terrorist network, on Wednesday, the network morning shows rushed to portray the aimless commander-in-chief as a tough-talking leader ready to “destroy” the radical killers.

At the top of ABC’s Good Morning America, co-host George Stephanopoulos hyped: “President Obama’s tough words to the ISIS terrorists who executed American journalist Steven Sotloff.” In the report that followed, correspondent Brian Ross proclaimed: “President Obama vowed that ISIS will pay the price for the murder of a second American journalist. The president delivered fighting words this morning…”

Talking to White House correspondent Jonathan Karl moments later, Stephanopoulos declared: “In those remarks, the President laid also out a bold goal. He said the bottom line is the U.S. goal is to degrade and destroy ISIS as a threat.”

[Blue Collar Christian]

He’ll neutralize the islamic state when he announces, or proclaims/whatever a red line. They’ll run scared.

[N. Theknow]

Didn't Idi Obama say we would not rest until the murders of Benghazi were brought to justice? 2 years and counting....LSM is in full Defender of the Feckless mode.

Idi Obama's powerful words are as meaningless as a pro wrestler's braggadocio to an opponent....and pro wrestlers can do it without a teleprompter.