Barack Obama has said he won't hesitate to take action, including air strikes, against Islamic State militants in Syria as well as Iraq.
Speaking in a nationally televised address, the US President said there would be no safe haven for any group that threatened America, and announced that 475 new military personnel would be sent to Iraq - but stressed they would be there to advise and train local forces, not to take part in combat.
The former head of US Central Command, General Anthony Zinni, says the Obama administration has waited too long to set this strategy out:
IN: The immediate task...
OUT: ... dealing with this
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Former head of US Central Command, General Anthony Zinni, says that despite President Obama's desire not to use America's military to solve all the world's problems, they are inevitably drawn in because of failings elsewhere:
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OUT: ...with all this
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Former head of US Central Command, General Anthony Zinni, is skeptical about the strength of the international coalition against the Islamic State:
IN: This is a ...
OUT: ...fly with us
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Former head of US Central Command, General Anthony Zinni, says the fear of putting 'boots on the ground' means the administration is dismissing a viable option to deal with the Islamic State:
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Thomas Sanderson, Director of the Transnational Threats project at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, says this will be a long term effort:
IN: I think bringing...
OUT: ... even more difficult
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Thomas Sanderson, Director of the Transnational Threats project at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, says it would have been difficult for the US to act against the Islamic State before now:
IN: Isis has been...
OUT: ...past few years
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Thomas Sanderson, Director of the Transnational Threats project at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, says that on the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Islamic terror threat looks very different from that of 2001:
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