Obama rules out USA troops on ground to fight IS

I do not necessarily advocate American ground forces at this point, but we should never reassure our enemy that our commander‐in‐chief would not commit them at the time and place of his choosing.

“Well, keep in mind what we have been doing”, Obama said. “I’m too busy for that”. “When we send troops in, those troops get injured”.

On the issue of having a large number of US ground troops fighting in Syria, Obama said that would be a “mistake”. “And maybe part of the reason is that every few months I go to Walter Reed [military hospital] and I see a 25-year-old kid who is paralysed or has lost his limbs”. And, some of those people I have ordered into battle.

That’s partly owing to the president’s personal style – he has always been loath to indulge in what he sees as empty made-for-the-moment political gestures – even though other USA commanders in chief have seen such behavior as a vital part of the presidency’s theatrical tool kit.

Iraq briefed countries on threats regarding ISIS prior to the Paris attacks. Now, 27 of 50 states, including Alabama, Michigan, Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and MA, have all said they will suspend receiving refugees.

First, the terror in Paris could shift the focus away from the great-power revanchism shown by Russian Federation and China in recent years, and toward the kind of counterterror coalition that formed among the great powers in the wake of the September 11 attacks on the U.S. Then, the strategic competition Gov. George W. Bush foresaw when he ran for office in 2000 was replaced by a great-power entente against the Taliban and al-Qaida.

That threat is real – but can not deter Europe or the U.S. from its “moral duty” to care for legitimate refugees, Obama added. “This is a major terrorist group that is growing in influence, has ambitions to become a state”.

Mother Jones magazine said the passport was used by a refugee who entered Greece just six weeks ago, stoking fears that Isis members may be using the refugee crisis as cover. “That’s not what’s going on here”.

“He sees the world as he likes to see it – as fantasy”, Christie said of Obama, according to The Washington Free Beacon. ‘And the notion that some of those who’ve taken on leadership in his party would ignore all of that – that’s not who we are’. It is very important that we do not close out hearts to those victims of such violence.

“President Obama is doubling down on a failed strategy that is inevitably going to lead to a second 9/11”, Graham said in a statement. Others want to terminate plans to admit some Syrian refugees into the United States, saying the Islamic State might try to smuggle in terrorists that way.

Obama also called on world leaders to accept refugees fleeing the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, though he added that accepting refugees required “rigorous screening and security checks”. They are the most vulnerable as a outcome of civil war and strife. “The terrible events in Paris were obviously a bad and sickening setback”. “But the strategy that we are putting forward is the strategy that ultimately is going to work”. He cautioned that this strategy will take time to be effective.

‘Pope Francis came to visit the United States and gave a speech before Congress, he didn’t just speak about Christians who were being persecuted, he didn’t call on Catholic perishes just to admit those who were of the same religious faith he said protect people who are vulnerable, ‘ Obama said.