Hollande in Washington for talks with Obama

In addition, the demands on the air assets would limit USA options elsewhere, Ryder said.

But the French president says Europe must secure its borders. “Make no mistake, we will win, and groups like ISIL will lose”. “I imagine Hollande hopes to convince the two to partner with France even if they can’t partner with each other”.

But the Paris attacks resulted in the deadliest day in France since World War II, so for some experts there is little surprise in seeing what amounts to an unusual push to persuade the USA to intensify its military effort. The USA has said oil provides about half the group’s total income. “There is no sense that the country has been taken in the wrong direction”.

The White House has insisted there will be no change in plans.

But the administration has been under pressure from Democrats, too, after appearing to underestimate the threat from Isis and boasting of “containing” its threat during remarks recorded shortly before the Paris attacks.

Obama’s critics have accused the president of underestimating the Islamic State and the threat it poses.

President Barack Obama listens to French President Francois Hollande over Omaha Beach during a joint French-US D-Day commemoration ceremony. “If you overreact or attack the wrong target, you are playing into the hands of the terrorists”.

“We can not succumb to fear”, Obama said.

Obama refused to comment on the financial controversies in Malaysia.

“I don’t think the approach is sufficient to the job”, Feinstein said on CBS’ “Face the Nation”.

Their divergent tones reflect different popular standing as well. Between meetings with Arab officials in Abu Dhabi, the chief American diplomat told reporters Obama was asking everyone in the USA government for new concepts to speed up the fight.

Still, Hollande may not get the kind of support he’s seeking, foreign policy experts said.

The president spoke during a joint news conference with French President Francois Hollande.

They may also have opened an opportunity for France to use its unique role to unify and deepen the coalition against ISIS, which now suffers from a paucity of common objective and lack of a central command structure. Hollande, who next visits Russian President Vladimir Putin, is expected to seek more coordinated military operations that would include both the USA and Moscow. “We know what the stakes are when we don’t do that”.

Correspondent Stefan Grobe said that President Obama has one message for Hollande: “Stay the course against Putin – no concessions on Ukraine in exchange for more Russian airstrikes against ISIL”.

Washington and Paris have stepped up their fight against IS in Syria, with France launching its first strikes from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean on Monday and the United States calling for more global cooperation against the jihadist group.

Obama added that the best way to bring peace to Syria is to support a cease fire and a political transition away from Assad.

And given France’s willingness to step up its military and diplomatic offensive, including by playing games of diplomatic chess with regimes Washington disdains, openings may emerge.

Obama and Hollande also urged Russia and Turkey not to let the situation escalate after Turkey, a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ally, said it shot down a Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border after it repeatedly violated Turkish air space.

“He needs to go after the people who killed Russian citizens”, he said of Mr Putin.

Hollande’s visit to Washington comes amid a spate of jet-set diplomacy for the French leader. “They need to be beaten on the ground”, he said. “We will take back land they are now in, take out their financing, hunt down leadership, dismantle their networks, supply lines and we will destroy them”.