President Obama sent an open letter to congress about the
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Obama
cited the four Americans taken hostage and executed by the Islamic State with
the last being Kayla Mueller. President
Obama used these executions as a threat to American soil and those Americans
abroad. President Obama called for airstrikes of Islamic State targets. Obama
insisted that ground combat with the Islamic State should be the responsibility
of the surrounding nations. President
Obama does not necessarily need approval by congress for the airstrikes on the
Islamic State but vows for a bipartisan agreement on the issue. President Obama would be open to specialized
ground missions such as those involving rescue. President Obama is searching through policies
with a fine toothcomb to make sure the mistakes of 2001 do not get
repeated. President Obama plans to work
with congress to propose legislation specifically focused on defeating the
Islamic State. The legislation would have a three year window in which
afterwards would have to be renewed. Democrats and Republicans are on two
opposing ends of the war spectrum. Democrats were not happy that the president
left open the possibility of deployment while Republicans felt Obama had to
many limits and should be open to ground combat to fight the Islamic State.
Most of the skepticism is surrounded by the unwillingness to get back into a
major war. Some Lawmakers just want to make sure there are no loopholes that
can be exploited after the voting. This
would be the first ask of approval to physically fight the Islamic State.
Christopher Eakes
02/13/2015
4:48 PM
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