Blackfive: Major Garrett (CBS) asks "Why watch Obama talk about ISIL?" "Major Garrett of CBS asked "Why would anyone watch?" Obama talk about his ISIL strategy tonight when he will not be announcing any specifics or an actual plan to win. Painful but legit question, I have some painful and funny truth in response."
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire: Obama's Prime Time Challenge "President Obama will address the nation in a prime-time speech at 9 p.m. ET on the threat posed by the Islamic State.
"Morning Line: "The president's challenge tonight -- the day before the 13th anniversary of 9/11 -- is to sell military action to a war-weary country skeptical of military intervention and of his ability to lead. By the way, don't expect it to be a long speech, which may indicate an address meant to make the moral case but short on detail."
"First Read: "It's also worth pointing out that Obama's speech tonight is unusual for a president outlining a strategy for military action. Why unusual? Because the country is already there; in some ways, it's the public trying to rally the Commander-in-Chief." (Emphasis mine, TD)
From JustOneMinute: Prepping For Obama's Call To Arms "Tonight Obama will attempt to rally a troubled nation behind his uncertain leadership. I offer this passage as a suggestion to his strategic thinking:" ...
World Mag: Globe Trot: Will the president order anti-ISIS airstrikes in Syria? "Beyond political considerations, lives and homelands are at stake across the Middle East. Ryan Crocker, former U.S ambassador to Iraq and Syria warns:
; Obama’s belief that he can “manage” the Islamic State may collide with reality.
"President Obama says he intends to shrink the al-Qaeda-spawned Islamic State into a “manageable problem.” Perhaps we’ll learn more about how when he speaks to the nation on Wednesday evening. Still, the question presses: Is he the manager for the job?
"In answering that question, past performance is more a guarantee of future results than is any statement of newfound purpose from a president whose innate dishonesty has turned his signature phrase “Let me be clear” into notorious self-parody." ...
Thomas Sowell: Obama’s Shameful ISIS Strategy ; "The president’s only concern is getting the crisis off the front pages."
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire: Obama's Prime Time Challenge "President Obama will address the nation in a prime-time speech at 9 p.m. ET on the threat posed by the Islamic State.
"Morning Line: "The president's challenge tonight -- the day before the 13th anniversary of 9/11 -- is to sell military action to a war-weary country skeptical of military intervention and of his ability to lead. By the way, don't expect it to be a long speech, which may indicate an address meant to make the moral case but short on detail."
"First Read: "It's also worth pointing out that Obama's speech tonight is unusual for a president outlining a strategy for military action. Why unusual? Because the country is already there; in some ways, it's the public trying to rally the Commander-in-Chief." (Emphasis mine, TD)
From JustOneMinute: Prepping For Obama's Call To Arms "Tonight Obama will attempt to rally a troubled nation behind his uncertain leadership. I offer this passage as a suggestion to his strategic thinking:" ...
“There is no time left to argue, dither, and wonder what should be done about those who are butchering Americans—and anyone else they care to—across a growing portion of the Middle East.
Democrats in Congress poised to approve $5 billion in new funding How will it be spent?The enemy has no such doubts. They are not going away. They are getting stronger. The war, ladies and gentlemen, is truly on. We’re just not a meaningful part of it yet.”
; Obama’s belief that he can “manage” the Islamic State may collide with reality.
"In answering that question, past performance is more a guarantee of future results than is any statement of newfound purpose from a president whose innate dishonesty has turned his signature phrase “Let me be clear” into notorious self-parody." ...
... Generations of Americans yet unborn may curse us all for leaving them hostage to a nuclear terrorist Iran. But generations yet unborn do not vote, so they carry no weight with Barack Obama.... "Everything in Barack Obama’s history suggests that he is going to leave the job half done, so long as that gets the issue off the front pages and off the TV newscasts."
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Is he speaking to the American public, or using television to address his fellow muslims?
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