The anticipated speech by President Barack Obama regarding U.S. action toward ISIL was met with a mixed emotions.
The 15-minute speech outlined the military’s strategy to defeat the terrorist group. Obama stressed that his strategy to fight ISIL would "be different from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,” and listed four features that encompass the governments “comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy.”
- A systematic series of airstrikes.
- Deploying 475 service men and women on a non combat mission to support Kurdish and Iraqi forces with training and intelligence.
- Improve counter terrorism capabilities to prevent an ISIL attack, by improving intelligence.
- Providing humanitarianism assistance to group affected by the fighting.
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