Reaction And Commentary To President Obama's Speech On U.S. Policy Towards The Islamic State

Reaction To President Obama’s Speech About The Islamic State -- Washington Post

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) (@GOPLeader via Twitter): “A President who has made ending the war on terrorism a central focus of his foreign policy must now make winning it a priority.”



Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska): “I oppose the president’s plan to arm Syrian rebels at this time. I am gravely concerned by reports of ISIS seizing and utilizing U.S. weapons intended for those fighting against the Syrian regime, and we must have greater assurance that we aren’t arming extremists who will eventually use the weapons against us.”



Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) “I will not give this president — or any other president — a blank check to begin another land war in Iraq.”



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Reaction And Commentary To President Obama's Speech On U.S. Policy Towards The Islamic State

Barack Obama's Isil speech: reaction -- The Telegraph

Lawmakers express tentative relief, reservations about Obama's ISIS plan -- FOX News

Obama's speech on Islamic State gets mixed reviews in divided Congress -- L.A. Times

Congressional Reaction to Obama's Speech -- AP

The Attack On ISIS Expands Into Syria -- New York Times editorial

Countering Islamic State will be hard in Iraq and harder in Syria, officials say -- Washington Post

Strong reaction to Obama statement: 'ISIL is not Islamic' -- Ashley Killough, CNN

Obama shifts on Syrian rebels, but is it too late? -- Warren Strobel, Reuters

The President's War Plan -- WSJ

Islamic State crisis: A speech Obama hoped to avoid -- Jon Sopel, BBC

The Obstacles in Obama’s New ISIS Plan -- Mark Thompson, Time

A President Who Ran Promising Peace Cautiously Declares War -- George E. Condon Jr., National Journal

Reluctantly, Obama opens new front against jihadist threat -- The Telegraph

Obama's ISIS plan = America's third Iraq war -- K.T. McFarland, FOX News

Obama to deepen America's military role in Mideast -- Julie Pace, AP

The ISIS Speech: Obama and the Dogs of War -- David Corn, Mother Jones

As Obama addresses US strategy on Islamic State, how do Americans feel? -- Mark Trumbull, CSM

Skepticism abounds as Obama prepares to unveil Islamic State strategy -- Michael Pizzi, Al Jazeera

Fact-checking Obama's ISIS speech -- FOX News/AP



My Comment: Richard Engel's remarks on President Obama's address to the nation (see above video) is a must see.