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The America's long-lasting war
16/9/14
President Obama delivered a prime-time speech tonight outlining a counter-terrorism strategy against the Islamic State
Finally, after much waiting, September 10th at the White House,
President B. Obama gave a speech to Americans on television that announced the US’s
strategy to confront the terrorist group
known as ISIL.
One day before the 13th anniversary of the
September 11 terror attacks, Obama said in his speech that the US's new strategy
will target "to degrade and
ultimately destroy" terrorist organization of IS. "I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our
country, wherever they are " Mr. Obama declared.
The tough message of the owner of the White House is encapsulated in one
sentence: "This is a core principle
of my presidency: If you threaten America, you will find no safe
haven!"
Another noticeable point in the Obama’s message, the US’s new strategy against IS is now not only
limited in the territory of Iraq as recent time, it will be extended to Syria, the
origin of the IS. “I will not hesitate to
take action against ISIL in Syria,
as well as Iraq” Mr. Obama said.
So the battlefield against the IS is already opened and it would be
extended more if the US think it’s necessary, no matter Syria is a sovereign
country.
The US has a “tradition”
that each President has a war for their own, so now, after withdrawal of two
wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,
President B.Obama had a new war, the war against the IS.
But how IS, which was just one small branch split from Al Qaeda, could grow
up rapidly and become a threat to American security directly?
The reasonable answer is from the original nature, the IS was in the jihad
movement of "the source", focused its activities in the region of the
Middle East. Different from the Al Qaeda, the
IS didn’t conduct directly terror attacks to the United States and the Western
allies. Therefore, the United
States has not fully evaluated the threat of
the IS at its start.
Another important reason is that the IS is among militant groups rebelled
against the government of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, which has been
"a thorn" in the US’s
eyes. Maybe in terms of the US’s
strategy, IS was still regarded as "useful" card to oppose the
government of President Bashar Al Assad.
This practical approach is really a failure when the IS with its terrorist
operations in Syria and
northern Iraq,
has proved that "the enemy’s enemies are not friends". When IS is incredibly
powerful, the US surprises
and realizes that its achievements of 11-year intervention in Iraq, with more
than 4,600 soldiers killed and tens of thousands wounded, billions of dollars
of weapons and equipment are going to lose.
Then two video, in which the IS took
the lives of two American journalists — Jim Foley and Steven Sotloff, like the straw
that broke the camel's back, forced President declare war against the IS.
But this is not the US’s
fight alone.
“America will lead a broad coalition to roll back this
terrorist threat”, President Obama said. The US will need the support of its
allies. Indeed, this will be the war between a powerful coalition - led by the US and
the IS.
In this case, the US
is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Maybe the United
States has learned in blood from 13 years ago, when Al Qaeda was not be regarded
as a terrorist network and still capable of hitting into the nerve center of
economy and politics, causing catastrophic consequences for the United States.
In the war against the IS, the US choose the method of conducting a systematic campaign of airstrikes against
these terrorists. But this time it not easily successful because the IS can disperse flexibly,
broadly and deeply in the community and that will significantly reduce
effectiveness of aerial attacks.
Remembering that President George W. Bush launched the doctrine of Al Qaeda
terror after 11/9/2001, but not until ten years later, the President B.O-ba-ma
is the one who set a significant milestone when the special unit shot down Osama
Bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda, one day in February 2011 at the house in
northwestern Pakistan.
Now, the war against the IS would not be limited to the last tenure of
President B.Obama. In the United
States will have a long-lasting battle
ahead./.
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there’s no doubt that many Americans will be confused by Obama’s misleading focus on the terrorist organization named ISIL, the real purpose of the speech was to garner support for another decade of homicidal conflicts in the Middle East
The US has stepped up its campaign against the group with air strikes near Baghdad
It marks the first time the United States is going on the offensive. In other attacks the US was protecting its interests and helping refugees.
the war-stopping, Nobel Peace Prize-winning President used a nationally televised address to announce a plan to "dismantle and ultimately destroy" the Sunni jihadists who have taunted America by beheading two captive U.S. journalists.
The U.S. Should Not Wage War Against ISIS Like Afghanistan and Iraq, it would just cause death to innocent people.
No more war, just peace for every country, every one!
Still, the America continue to face a terrorist threat. They can't erase every trace of evil from the world, and small groups of killers have the capacity to do great harm.
Okay, so borders don’t matter, international law doesn’t matter, national sovereignty doesn’t matter. What matters is oil, money and power.
This is pure demagoguery, the likes of which we haven’t heard since Bush’s ”The Axis of Evil” speech
He’s asking the American people to support another millennia of killing so he can pad the bank accounts of corrupt US oil magnates while strengthening America’s tenuous grip on global power
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