The catchphrase was “degrade and destroy,” now watered down to “degrade and ultimately defeated.”
http://www.ibtimes.com/what-obama-means-when-he-says-he-wants-degrade-destroy-isis-1684454
What Obama Means When He Says He Wants To ‘Degrade and Destroy’ ISIS
September 10 2014
...President Barack Obama is set to make a speech Wednesday night to lay out the strategy for the international coalition that's coming together to fight the Islamic State, or ISIS, in Iraq and Syria.
Just to put things into perspective, how long did it take President Bush to put together a coalition to invade Afghanistan after 9/11?