Speaking today on Good Morning America, President Obama sought to downplay the idea that ISIS establishing its own country in the Middle East posed a real security threat to America, insisting the US is constantly facing “serious threats” and would be fine either way.
The issue of how big a potential threat ISIS is has been the center of some debate, with hawks arguing for even more aggressive military action on the grounds that ISIS poses a serious threat to US interests.
Which of course entirely misses the point that US attacks on ISIS make them a dramatically bigger threat, and ISIS supporters have openly been vowing retaliation if (and when) the US insinuates itself directly into the Iraq war.
Likewise, Obama’s attempts to portray ISIS as no real threat inevitably beget the question of why he is so determined to continue sending troops to Iraq to fight ISIS in the first place.
Stop trying to throw us sand into our eyes Jason. Of course he downplays this. Because it belongs to the plan and new map of the region there, as planned of PNAC -Project of a new american century: http://ugghani.blogspot.de/2008/12/project-for-ne…
Yes, Obama does work for the neocons – democrats belong to the whole system. For this "mistake";-) of him, neocons will come to power again. This is the game. News are a theater play.
Trotskyism, in one hand and Neo conservatism in the other and then Barack Hussein Obama in the middle are about dividing nations not uniting them.
Well, I'll play devil's advocate then…since ISIS is "no real threat" to the Homeland then why bother sending hundreds (soon to turn into thousands I'll wager) over there to get involved in the Iraqi religious civil war? On what do you justify the cost in lives (there will be loses) and treasure (it's not going to be free) if there is little threat to America? Maliki is no friend, never has been and never will be. Let the Iraqis sort it out themselves.
cost in lives? May be cost of (jobless) lives are counting more for them.
Hoever, considering the plan of new map of the region, behind the link above, ISIS occupation may be the US Inc. intention.
Well, Saddam was no real threat to the *US*, either. To Israel (and her regional ambitions), maybe.
Exactly…you'd think the American people would have learned something after 11 years…
Some of Obama's crazy statements and future for the Middle East would have you think that he is being blackmail by AIPAC……or is he?
Off course he will down play ISIS threat to US security, his government training these savages and barbarians for other project then just being ISIS, the new Iraq divided as its been planed. Barack Hussein Obama knows what he is doing for the project, what he and his secretaries are saying is nothing but hot air. Wasting time and talking double language is the nature of USG, democrats or otherwise, is always been.
Okay. If it is no threat to us, then there is no need for us to fight them.