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President Obama suffered through a rotten, awful press conference on Monday, a new Supercut shows.Obama addressed the world at the G-20 summit in the wake of Friday’s deadly terrorist attack in Paris.There, the president announced his intention to stay the course on his current policy to contain the Islamic State with sporadic airstrikes. He then responded with increasing testiness as the media subjected that policy to withering scrutiny. Their questions are excerpted below. JEROME CARTILLIER (AFP): The equation has clearly changed. Is it time for your strategy to change?MARGARET BRENNAN (CBS): A more than year-long bombing campaign in Iraq and in...

In Turkey on Monday, President Barack Obama stated that ISIS is not "a traditional military opponent" and labeled it as a "violent extremist group." His comments cut directly to the heart of why the U.S. has been so ineffectual in defeating this enemy. If we don't even recognize it for what it is, how can we defeat it? ISIS is not a terrorist organization. It is indeed a state. It is a "traditional military opponent." Though ISIS uses unorthodox means and barbaric tactics, it has become a "state" – a state that could have been crippled if not wiped out...

During a press conference detailing his administration’s strategy to destroy ISIS following several devastating terrorist attacks in Paris, President Barack Obama said he’s not interested in “pursuing some notion of American leadership or America winning[.]” Obama’s remarks came several days after ISIS attacks in Paris that killed over 120 people and injured scores of others. Friday night’s attacks on France are believed to be the deadliest terrorist attacks in the country’s history....