So what exactly did President Obama say tonight in his statement on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, a.k.a. ISIS)?
"Our objective is clear: We will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counterterrorism strategy."
1. Continued airstrikes
2. Increase support to troops fighting forces on the ground
3. Continue to draw on counterterrorism capabilities to prevent ISIL attacks
4. Continue to provide humanitarian assistance to affected civilians.
In two weeks, Obama will chair a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to further mobilize the international community around the effort in #3, Obama said.
See the speech transcript at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/10/remarks-president-barack-obama-address-nation.
"Our objective is clear: We will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counterterrorism strategy."
1. Continued airstrikes
2. Increase support to troops fighting forces on the ground
3. Continue to draw on counterterrorism capabilities to prevent ISIL attacks
4. Continue to provide humanitarian assistance to affected civilians.
In two weeks, Obama will chair a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to further mobilize the international community around the effort in #3, Obama said.
See the speech transcript at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/10/remarks-president-barack-obama-address-nation.