Obama: U.S. to increase support for Syria opposition

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U.S. President Barack Obama (R) acknowledges Defense Secretary Ash Carter (L) in his remarks after a briefing on U.S. efforts against the Islamic State (ISIS), at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia July 6, 2015.  REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. President Barack Obama (R) acknowledges Defense Secretary Ash Carter (L) in his remarks after a briefing on U.S. efforts against the Islamic State (ISIS), at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia July 6, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

President Barack Obama pledged to increase U.S. support for the moderate opposition in Syria’s civil war on Monday and said the United States needed to do more at home to prevent attacks and combat Islamic State efforts to recruit followers.

Obama, speaking during a visit to the Pentagon, noted the difficulty of preventing small-scale attacks by “lone wolves” within the U.S. homeland despite success at preventing large attacks since the Sept. 11, 2001 assaults on New York and Washington.

“Weโ€™re going to have to pick up our game to prevent these attacks,” he said.

Obama said there were no current plans to send additional U.S. troops overseas and repeated that the fight against the militant group also known as ISIL would not be quick.

He said U.S. training of Iraqi forces had been ramped up after being too slow.

The U.S. military has lamented that Iraq had not provided enough recruits to meet U.S. training targets. [ID: nL1N0Z30YB] It has also acknowledged that recruiting and training Syrians to fight Islamic State was moving more slowly than expected, partly because of problems with vetting volunteers. [ID: nL1N0Z42C9]

“We continue to accelerate the delivery of critical equipment, including anti-tank weapons, to Iraqi security forces,” Obama said. “And I have made it clear to my team that we will do more to train and equip the moderate opposition in Syria.”

Obama did not give details on what more the United States would do in that regard.

Republicans criticized the president for not having a successful strategy.

“His rhetoric doesnโ€™t match reality. Over the last year, ISIS has expanded its reach exponentially – and the group’s influence continues to grow,” said Senator Tom Cotton, an Obama critic. “Weโ€™re not going to defeat a radical jihadist army with more bureaucrats in DC and no funding for our military on the front lines.”

Obama said more needed to be done to prevent Islamic State from gaining recruits within the United States. U.S. efforts to counter extremism must not single out Muslim Americans or any faith group, but the militant group was targeting its recruitment efforts at that community, Obama said.

“We also have to acknowledge that ISIL has been particularly effective at reaching out to and recruiting vulnerable people around the world, including here in the United States,” he said.

Obama’s remarks came after U.S. July 4 Independence Day festivities passed without a major attack.

 

REUTERS

 

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34 responses to “Obama: U.S. to increase support for Syria opposition”

  1. seriously this house nigger needs to go.. I actually prefer dumbya and that is saying a lot

    1. Hannibal Avatar
      Hannibal

      Racist pig…

      1. Lol good try sweetie but compared to you, I’m an angel

        1. Hannibal Avatar
          Hannibal

          Are you a batman?

          Batman: an islamist woman who wears a black cape and mask similar to that of Batman.

          1. zzzzzzzzzzzzz
            fuck you must bore even the dead

          2. Hannibal Avatar
            Hannibal

            cOpycat…
            ill-mannered, uncivil, disrespectful, bOOrish, ill-bred, lOnely bitch

          3. You’re inbred

          4. Hannibal Avatar
            Hannibal

            Which batman are you? Tried to find you in the crowd but couldn’t… Next is using the sense of smell… I can tell which one you are by following the putrid smell.

          5. Zzzzz
            Keep going inbred

  2. cook2half Avatar
    cook2half

    So he’ll hit ISIS with 18 daily airstrikes instead of 17?

    And how about hitting Assad terrorists for starters.

    1. Michaelinlondon1234 Avatar
      Michaelinlondon1234

      18 daily airstrikes cost about 9 million a day to deliver with every thing else and the good news is it all comes out of the US taxpayers pocket.
      You want it you pay for it. You control a country you feed them.
      The state department is like a child molester trying to get in to a school.

      1. cook2half Avatar
        cook2half

        Money well spent. They should also hit Hezbollah terror targets while they’re at it.

        1. Michaelinlondon1234 Avatar
          Michaelinlondon1234

          Well I can but hope you end up in a US prison as one of their slave labour teams. And when death comes to take you it is long lingering and incredibly painful.

          1. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            Your mother should have aborted you before you came out of her incredibly long hole.

        2. Hind Abyad Avatar
          Hind Abyad

          We are British Jews proud to support todayโ€™s national demonstration against Israeli armsmaker Elbit ๐Ÿ™‚

          http://mondoweiss.net/2015/07/national-demonstration-armsmaker?utm_source=Mondoweiss+List&utm_campaign=efcaa65410-RSS_EMAIL_CA

          1. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            Useful idiots exist everywhere, nothing to feel proud about.

    2. Anti ISIS Avatar
      Anti ISIS

      Would you say the same thing about Israel. After all, what they did and are still doing to the Palistians is terrorism at it’s best.

      1. cook2half Avatar
        cook2half

        Considering the Palestinians are probably least peaceful people in the Middle East, I don’t really care what the IDF does to them. Which other people sent hundreds of suicide bombers into another country? Even if Israel’s reaction to them is terrorism, they deserve terrorism.

        It is a moral obligation for me to oppose Assad as long as the Iranian terror regime supports him. The West will support him as soon as he cuts ties with the mullahs, and this is what this war is all about.

        1. TSK TSK TSK, SLAP SMACK SPANK! LOL Cookie seriously take it from someone that had intense hate for palestinians from a young age as all I ever saw was plo terrorists in action in my chilhood and homeland, I bet that many here including Hannibal and Mekenseh felt the same about them for a long time, but as you grow (as we all should) mentally intelectualy and espescialy spiritually we must allow ourselves to be more understanding and compassionate of the root of the problems and accept that the quality of life and the human suffering that has taken place for decades should NOT be comfortable!

          I dont make light of the terroristic acts as I will always view them as that, however I strongly advise you to separate the culture of civilians from militants and not generalize and lump them all together. Besides being offensive ๐Ÿ™‚ mischevious and an out of control gambler lol I think you are a bright young man that is very outgoing and notably ALSO spiritual.

          Somewhere something will reveal itself to you that will make you uncomfortable with the notion that Palestinians are lesser in Gods eyes, even a parrot that gets placed from home to home and not cared for and given attention and positive interaction can turn into a monster lol killing them with kindness is the only thing that worked in my experience so please spend a week in Gaza being really really nice to Palestinians and see what happens =D

          I think you know what I am saying bro so stop resisting….Bro ๐Ÿ™‚

          1. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            I’m actually in a religious class, will reply in a bit lolz

          2. Any cute teachers? ๐Ÿ™‚ use private email if you like……someone is gathering rocks to throw at both of us lol

          3. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            I will call you in a month lol

          4. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            Ok, I am back. I understand that one shouldn’t hate, but doesn’t mean I should like them either. My post to anti ISIS was more apathetic to the issue anyway, i.e. I don’t care what the IDF does.

          5. Ok now I am back :), No doubt you have legite reasons and bad experiences with some Palestinian examples as I am sure many Palestinians have an abundance of events they can point out too Cookie, unfortunately it seems that only bad examples and events make the news and not enough attention is given to Israelis and Palestinians civilians wanting and deserving safety and prosperity for their families.

            Being that I am just a guy that cleans bird poop, I cant change the world and the only thing that I can change is myself first, the last 100 years should serve as a strong example of HOW NOT TO LIVE it is 2015 and so many of us claim to be religious or spiritual but settle for inferior failed results and attach them to what ever faith we are born with instead of having the guts or the nobility to walk away from what we are told by the herd and digging first for the existence of a creator and secondly getting to know REALLY if he is partial or biased to flag or nationality.

            Until you change and become less offensive I wont love you any less ๐Ÿ™‚

        2. Hind Abyad Avatar
          Hind Abyad

          Do they teach history at Israeli Universities. Moshe Dayan “Sacred Terrorism”.

          “Most Israelis observe a conspiracy of silence by which certain subjects widely discussed in the Hebrew press are seldom aired in English-language media. One Israeli who dared to break that code of silence, however, is the late Livia Rokach, daughter of Israel Rokach, Minister of the Interior in the government of Moshe Sharett. She translated the diaries and she was eventually found dead in her hotel room in Rome.

          http://ziomania.com/livia/livia.htm

      2. zabada Avatar

        jews came from outside..killing,robbing Palestinians…when palestinians oppose them..the jews said..Palestinians are terrorist.what a moron.

        1. Rascal Avatar

          Do you find it odd that Iran is so obsessed with killing the zionist jews, that they only support the minority faction (Hamas and Islamic Jihad) of the Palestinians. Does this make sense to you? Iranian mullahs dislike the majority Palestinians ran by Abbas Palestinian Authority (PA).
          Every bodies a terrorist now days. It all depends on which side of the fence you are standing on.

          1. zabada Avatar

            I not understand Iran…likely to America..it have many faces.what I know It,s political movement also it,s religion movements.

    3. zabada Avatar

      these men are death game players.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        And this one begins with the Barrel-bomb Cheapies. ๐Ÿ˜‰ Effective ,,, after that it’s a mess.
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WXED7xaO46s

        1. zabada Avatar

          Assad armies better surrender..they have no chances to win.Sunnis armies at the area,Iraq and Syria are increasing day by day to the end of wars..Sunnis all over the world are joining them…even western force will tired of them…better make truce with these fierce militants..and I m not doing a propaganda.

        2. Hind Abyad Avatar
          Hind Abyad

          The Allahuakbars ..

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