Obama Vows to Destroy ISIS and Take Their Land

As you’d expect, Republicans are far more skeptical (88 percent) than Democrats (45) on what Obama’s doing.

All of which is to say that our coalition will not relent.

“The most powerful tool we have for fighting ISIS is to say we’re not afraid, to not elevate it, to (not) buy into their fantasy that they are doing something important”, Obama said.

Over the years, our friends here in Asia have been victims of terrorism, and many of them are close counterterrorism partners with us, ” he said.

“When we talk about American leadership, American leadership is us caring about people who have been forgotten or who have been discriminated against or who’ve been tortured or who’ve been subject to unspeakable violence or who’ve been separated from families at very young ages”, he said Saturday.

‘They cannot strike a mortal blow against France or the United States or a country like Malaysia, but they can make people fearful’.

Obama said the news media in particular should maintain perspective on the danger posed to the USA by the Islamic State and other terrorist groups.

The stop was placed on the president’s schedule in Kuala Lumpur before the terror attacks in Paris, and the subsequent backlash against a plan to increase the number of Syrian refugees allowed into the United States.

Over 6 in 10 Americans believe President Obama lacks a coherent strategy for combating the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to a new poll.

American politicians have been urging the U.S.to pause its Syrian refugee program until the administration can confirm that it’s airtight against possible terrorist infiltration. “So I want to be as clear as I can on this – prejudice and discrimination helps (ISIS) and undermines our national security”. The president also sought to reassure allies that the US will continue as an effective leader of the global coalition to destroy ISIS.

Even as we destroy ISIL on the battlefield – and we will destroy them – we will take back land that they are now in, ” the president said.

Besides that, he also vowed to cut down the financal sources of the terrorists, as well as co-operating with other nations to hunt them down.