Expanding US Attacks on ISIS
Featured Coverage of this Story
From the Left
Asking Congress to Back ISIS Strikes Is Tricky for ObamaWhen President Obama summoned his closest advisers to the Oval Office a year ago this week to tell them he was holding off on a missile strike against Syria, one of his arguments was that if he acted without Congress, he might not get congressional backing for military intervention the next time he needed it.
“He can’t make these decisions divorced from the American public and from Congress,” a senior aide said at the time. “Who knows what we’re going to face in the next three and a half years...
From the Right
Hitting the Brakes? Obama downplays prospect of imminent strikes in SyriaPresident Obama on Thursday downplayed the prospect of any imminent U.S. airstrikes in Syria as he stressed that military advisers are still reviewing options for confronting Islamic State militants in the region.
At the same time, the president bluntly ruled out U.S. military action for dealing with another international crisis -- mounting evidence of Russian incursions into eastern Ukraine. "We are not taking military action to solve the Ukrainian problem," Obama said.
ADVERTISEMENT
From the Left
Déjà vu for Barack Obama in SyriaBarack Obama has a bad case of Syria déjà vu.
Nearly one year after he stood at the brink of ordering military action against Syria — but said he’d only step across if Congress agreed — the president finds himself in an eerily similar situation
AllSides Picks
March 25th, 2024
March 28th, 2024
March 27th, 2024