Posted on 08/28/2014 3:58:01 PM PDT by mandaladon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday that he has not yet developed a broad strategy for confronting Islamic State in an acknowledgement that he has not decided whether to launch air strikes against the militant group in Syria.
"We don't have a strategy yet," Obama told a White House news conference ahead of meeting top national security advisers in the Situation Room about how to proceed against Islamic State.
Obama, who shied away from launching airstrikes in Syria a year ago to punish Syrian President Bashir al-Assad for use of chemical weapons against his own people, has been reticent about getting involved in Syria's civil war, where he believes there are few good options for the United States to pursue. Obama's decision to begin U.S. surveillance flights over Syria earlier this week prompted speculation that he was on the brink of expanding the fight against Islamic State from Iraq into Syria, prompting criticism from some lawmakers who worry they have not been properly consulted.
There has been a growing call from both Republicans and Obama's fellow Democrats in Congress for lawmakers to vote on whether the United States should broaden its action against the Islamic State.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Give him a snocone. He understands those.
The undocumented Tyrant is ... jealous.
His only plan was to destroy American security,
economy, and justice.
I once had a broad strategy but then I met her sister.
Yes he does!
He is just trying to figure out a way to break it to us gently.
Don’t need no steenkin strategy. Jisbomem.
I thought his strategy was working as planned.
I thought he had a strategy: “I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.” Right?
He needs to watch a another 24 hour cycle of CNN on ISIS before he can formulate a policy. It’s all on his shoulder’s man. Lay off.
He's had 7 months to get a strategy together.
Sure he does. He’s probably arranging airlift transport for them to the US as we speak.
If the truth be told, he doesn’t have a strategy for ANY problem we face.
Obama says does not yet have broad strategy for Islamic State in America
Does Clown Prince nobama have a strategy to avoid what he deserves: extensive prison time followed by exile when he is too fragile to walk?
Bingo.
Step One: Establish the Caliphate here and everywhere.
Step Two: Develop broad strategy for how he will run the Caliphate.
it’s coming.
First he has to go to his carpet in the closet to kneel down to pray for their safety, success in Christian cleansing and ultimate victory overseas.
All at America’s financial expense.
"Pay attention, dad. You put the straw in this way and..."
Not quite. He has a clear strategy for destroying us economically, dividing the races, promoting homosexuality, enforcing abortion, government control of medical care, swelling welfare rolls, and, in general, insuring the institutionalization of the US. What he does not have a strategy for is saving the US from its sworn enemies, undoubtedly because he is one of them.
The Marxist just gave the green light to Islamic State terrorists.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.