President Obama: 'U.S. Does Not Have A Broad Strategy Yet To Confront The Islamic State'

US Has 'No Strategy' To Confront IS In Syria -- Al Jazeera

President says military options considered but "we don't have a strategy yet", as new evidence emerges of IS atrocities.

Barack Obama has said the US has "no strategy" against the Islamic State in Syria but said officials had been asked to prepare a range of military options for confronting the group.

The US president's comments on Thursday cautioned against speculation that he was close to a decision to expand his air campaign against the Islamic State beyond Iraq.

"I don't want to put the cart before the horse," Obama said. "We don't have a strategy yet. I think what I've seen in some of the news reports suggests that folks are getting a little further ahead of where we're at than we currently are."

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More News On President Obama's Remarks That The U.S. Does Not Have A Broad Strategy Yet To Confront The Islamic State

Obama says does not yet have broad strategy for Islamic State -- Reuters
Obama on ISIS in Syria: 'We don't have a strategy yet' -- CNN
Obama confesses: ‘We don’t have a strategy yet’ for Islamic State -- Washington Times
Obama Says Strategy Not Set to Strike Militants in Syria -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Obama Says No Plans for Imminent Escalation of Operations Against Islamic State -- WSJ
Obama Says ‘We Don’t Have A Strategy Yet’ for Fighting ISIS -- Time
President Obama on ISIS: 'We Don't Have a Strategy Yet' -- NBC
Obama: 'We don't have a strategy yet' for IS in Syria -- USA Today
Hitting the Brakes? Obama downplays prospect of imminent strikes in Syria -- FOX News

My Comment: The White House may not have a plan .... but considering how much the Islamic State has expanded in the past 6 months .... they certainly have a plan and they are implementing it very effectively.

Update: The above CNN video is brutal (and correct) in it's analysis on President Obama's remarks that there is no U.S. plan to confront ISIS ... and doubly so on his remarks about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Yup .... he should have worded his remarks differently.