Posted on 11/16/2015 10:16:22 AM PST by Red Badger
President Obama just spoke from the G-20 Summit in Turkey, where he rejected the idea that a large-scale deployment of American troops in Syria is the answer after the Paris terror attacks.
At one point, the president called Friday's attacks a "setback" but touted the current strategy that is in place to combat ISIS in Syria.
"There will be an intensification of the strategy that we put forward. But the strategy that we put forward is the strategy that is going to work. It’s going to take time," he said.
Following the 45-minute remarks, Bill Hemmer recapped, explaining that those who were hoping for an "it's them or us" type of speech, did not hear it.
Instead, the president pushed back on the notion that his strategy is not working or that he has underestimated the power of ISIS.
Hemmer, reporting from Paris, said the Q-and-A made it quite clear that Obama accepts "there are evils" that are now a reality of the world we live in.
"The president's strategy, as stated over the weekend, continues as is," Hemmer said.
Bret Baier then joined the discussion, calling Obama's responses to the questions "truly striking."
Baier noted that the most passionate remarks from Obama were about the need for the U.S. to accept Syrian refugees and not discriminate.
He said a Special Ops commander recently told him about a "palpable frustration" within the ranks over the president's refusal to "unleash" American military power against ISIS.
Watch the discussion above and some of Obama's remarks below.
(Excerpt) Read more at insider.foxnews.com ...
He’s waiting for a Mooslim act of terror on American soil so that, when Mooslims get attacked in retaliation, he can declare martial law and start killing US citizens.
Let ISIS win?
Amen!
What should one expect from an enemy islamist as the CIC?
the audience had their fingers in their ears and were shouting LALALALALA
We don't have a strategy. Period. The people running our wars are stupid or corrupt... or both. There is NO strategy.
We are stuck defenseless for the next 13 or so months. Obama is either a terrorist sympathizer or incredibly stupid. My money is he is a Shiite muzzie. We will be hit and hit hard and he will blather and flail about inviting more attacks and blame us for the attacks. We are screwed. My advice, stay armed and out of large gatherings for another year or so until this POS is out of office, assuming he intends to actually leave office.
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