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U.S. Representative John Boehner
Destroying This
Terrorist Threat Requires Decisive Action
September 10, 2014
“The president tonight recanted his earlier dismissals of ISIL’s
capabilities and rightly acknowledged the grave and growing threat
posed by the spreading global epidemic of radicalized Islam. He
has finally begun to make the case the nation has needed him to make
for quite some time: that destroying this terrorist threat requires
decisive action and must be the highest priority for the United States
and other nations of the free world.
“An effective speech is not the same thing as an effective strategy,
however. While the president presented a compelling case for
action, many questions remain about the way in which the president
intends to act. For example, I support the president’s plan to
train and equip the Iraqi Security Forces and Syrian opposition, but I
remain concerned that those measures could take years to fully
implement at a time when ISIL’s momentum and territorial gains need to
be immediately halted and reversed. It is also a cause for
concern that the president appears to view the effort against ISIL as
an isolated counterterrorism campaign, rather than as what it must be:
an all-out effort to destroy an enemy that has declared a holy war
against America and the principles for which we stand.
“The administration has made an effort in recent days to brief members
of the House and Senate on the range of options the president is
contemplating. Those briefings and consultations will continue as
members review his proposals, and I hope we can continue a dialogue
about how to most effectively confront and destroy this enemy.
House Republicans will meet tomorrow morning to discuss next steps.”
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