White House: ISIS Lacks Capability to Attack US

“Soft power and playing the long game matter in the Middle East, but there is a time for the ruthless application of hard power”, Stavridis said.

The US will continue a “robust and constant” response to terrorism, Obama said, that will systematically going over ISIL leadership and “squeezing” the area where they can operate.

“No. 1 is security in the homeland”, said Ben Chang, who served on the National Security Council during the Obama and Bush administrations. In its first air strikes against ISIL since the Paris attacks, 12 warplanes, including 10 fighter bombers, dropped 20 bombs on the targets on Sunday night, the French defence ministry said. While a few are from the United States of America, the large majority of the recruits come from Europe, and foreign fighters returning to their country of origin, said the President, pose a “significant danger” He said the way to deal with that is more cooperation and intelligence sharing across the various countries involved in fighting ISIL.

“There is a 9/11 coming, and it is coming from Syria if we don’t disrupt their operation inside of Syria”, he said. Huckabee said he’s open to using ground troops. Coalition nations that have conducted strikes in Syria include the United States, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, France, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. He posted to Facebook Sunday that Rubio and Graham “joined” him in calling for that.

“My amendment would have required fingerprint, background checks and extensive scrutiny of those who were coming to visit us”, Paul said.

Roberts, a former assistant secretary of the U.S. treasury, noted that the ruling parties in Western countries like the USA and France are using the attacks as an excuse to close their borders on refugees, while also undermining their opponents. “It is the antithesis of what it means to be a free American”.

“The military could march into Mosul or Raqqa or Ramadi and temporary clear out ISIL”, Obama said, adding this was not an option “unless if we are prepared to have a permanent occupation”. “I am angry that just yesterday morning our president against all evidence declared ISIS contained and took a victory lap”, Fiorina said.

Rick Santorum said at a press availability following his speech to the Florida GOP Party’s Sunshine Summit that the United States needs “efficient boots on the ground to be effective in Iraq” and that he would “launching a major offensive against ISIS” to bomb ISIS back into the seventh century. John McCain on CNN.

“I’m trying to protect America from another 9/11, and without American boots on the ground in Syria and Iraq, we’re gonna get hit here at home”, Graham said. Integrate our forces among those armies with the French and other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation nations.