Both of these require recognition and to a certain extent legitimacy of our counter part in this war.
Is 0bama willing to negotiate with ISIS/ISIL whatever?
Does he really want to "pursue ceasefires and a political resolution to the Syrian war?"
Who are the other members of this "International Community" that are willing to "negotiate a ceasefire or Political solution?"
When you "negotiate" you, by default recognize their legitimacy and therefore elevate them.
Is this what 0bama is trying to do?
Commies ask for ceasefires when they’re losing.
Ceasefire in the ME only means time to rearm for the next round.
it means he is powerless to do anything besides pretending to be relevant
He needs some breating room. Between Trump, and Putin kickin his ass. Trust me. ISIS will do whatever there Boss tells em.
A “ceasefire” means ISIS keeps its territory and becomes a “nation” IMHO. Obama & his regime are pro-Islamist IMHO.
Ceasefire now that the Muslim invasion of Europe is complete. He could’ve stopped ISIS TWO YEARS AGO.
Hope he goes personally to Isil with his TelePrompTer and shows them all how they are the JV team.
The imbecile in chief forgot one thing, Putin. And if he says no, what will the community organizer do then? Start World War III? OVER SYRIA!?!
‘...why on earth would he say “Ceasefires and a political resolution?”’
Because he’s a lying political hack and phony with delusions of grandeur.
“Is 0bama willing to negotiate with ISIS/ISIL whatever? “
Heck NO!
He is willing to CAPITULATE to ISIL,
It means Obama wants Russia to stop bombing “our” jihadis. And for ISIS to stand fast and consolidate the positions they currently hold.
He sure looks unhappy.
Wonder if that’s because he got tipped off that smoking gun email about Benghazi was about to be made public today.
He is ‘pursuing the process’...which is bureaucrat speak to make it look like they are doing something when they are diddling around.
“Is 0bama willing to negotiate with ISIS/ISIL whatever?”
He’s obviously not talking about that, because he talks about a ceasefire allowing them to pursue ISIS in the next sentence. I think he is talking about a ceasefire between the Syrian government and the various rebel groups that are fighting it.
Of course, many of those rebel groups are allies of ISIS, so, as policy, it still doesn’t make any sense.
It’s satan’s “FALSE PEACE!!!”
Putin and Assad are winning, Obama wants to save ISIS and Al Qaeda.
It means that the Russkies are kickin his raghead jihadi buddies asses.
OH THE HUGE MANATEE.
Shockingly, for 0bama, the US’s principal opponent in Syria is not ISIS, but the Assad regime. 0bama’s official policy is that Assad has to leave power before any negotiations can begin. Assad, the Russians and the Iranians think differently and Assad isn't going anywhere. 0bama wants some sort of settlement that would favor “moderate” Sunni jihadis. Besides being a pretty awful idea, it just ain't happening.
Too many of his buds getting killed by the Ruskies and France.
From John Kerry, a couple of weeks ago: The U.S. is engaged in a "three-pronged strategy," Kerry insisted, to degrade and defeat ISIS as well as "stabilize the region" and then push for a diplomatic solution to push Assad from power.
The next morning in the newspaper: "But in a remarkable break with the administration, Mrs. Clinton declared publicly what White House officials have privately said for months: that the fight in Syria is no longer about ousting President Bashar al-Assad. "We need people to turn against the common enemy of ISIS," she said. In saying so, Mrs. Clinton seemed to align her strategic approach more closely with those of Russia and Iran, who are backing the Assad government, though she criticized both nations in her speech Thursday.
Hope that helps.