Posted on 08/24/2014 12:34:10 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
The White House said over the weekend it was ready to "take action" against any threat to America as it indicated serious consideration of U.S. military strikes against the Islamic State (IS, formerly called ISIS) in Syria, AFP reports.
The Pentagon has warned of the dangers of IS and said operations against it in Syria may be needed, after weeks of air strikes have slowed the advance of the Sunni group in Iraq.
The White House also said late Friday that air strikes in Syria may be necessary, as deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes agreed that "any strategy to deal with the ISIS organization has to deal with both sides of the border, Iraq and Syria."
"If we see plotting against Americans, we see a threat to the U.S. emanating from anywhere, we stand ready to take action against that threat," Rhodes added, according to AFP.
"We've made very clear time and again that if you come after Americans, we're going to come after you wherever you are, and that's what's going to guide our planning in the days to come," he declared.
On Thursday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said that the IS poses an “imminent threat” to the United States and may take years to defeat.
“They are an imminent threat to every interest we have, whether it’s in Iraq or anywhere else,” Hagel said.
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(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
"This is a big crisis, not only for the West, but for worldwide Islam, which, up until now, has been very successful in efforts to essentially colonize European nations by more peaceful means; exploiting European guilt and wacky immigration policies.
The Islamic State is now forcing Europe and America to get real about the true threat of Islam, not only in the Middle East, but within their own borders."
No worries. The West is going to do a few air strikes against IS in Syria, too, and--hey, presto!--problem solved. Thank you, Barak the Magic Negro. Thank you! Thank you!
I am guessing they are telegraphing their possible action against IS to ensure IS is prepared to deal with such an exigency.
he’s goign to bomb Syria without war approval from Congress again?
he’s goign to bomb Syria without war approval from Congress again?
Why is it always the “White House” and not Emperor Boz theAll Powherfuh?
So they’re going bowling in Iraq. What if it’s a spare instead of a strike?
Has Valery checked to make sure all the RSVP announcements have been sent out? Maybe if we ask the ISIS folks real nice, they’ll come and have a beer summit on the patio. They drink beer, right?
Incompetent fools.
Any strike has to be based on a cohesive plan, Assad included. No more arming ‘rebels’. Unbelievable how Islamic State (IS) can be so organized, yet the US with all its might can’t seem to get its act together since June this year at least! Bureaucrats!
And the root cause of funding and arming ISIS is?
Translating the headline, it reads, “Odumbo draws another red line in the sand”.
Being “ready” and actually doing something is an entire different story.
Cover story? I wonder if Obama is going to use ISIS as an excuse to bomb Assad and his military to finally push Syria over into the hands of the Islamist savages?
Obama and holder need to be sent to the area immediately with no security forces. I’m sure the golden tongued boys will be able to tame the heathens.
So, now we bomb the rebels in support of Assad.......a few months ago, we wanted to bomb Assad in support of the rebels.
Yes, the Obama foreign policy is on display, folks!
...operations against it in Syria may be needed...
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“Mien Fuhrer, America has just made public that operations at Normandy may be needed”
More likely it will be a miss. If you have no balls, they are always in the gutter.
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