07-07-2015, 09:35 AM
^ The GOP Hawks' Rebuttals:
Defense hawks in Congress were quick to blast the president for again refusing to chart a course that will lead to victory.
'President Obama’s comments today reveal the disturbing degree of self-delusion that characterizes the Administration’s campaign against [ISIS],' Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain said.
McCain said the problem is not that the U.S. is 'doing nothing' to fend off the group, 'it is that there is no compelling reason to believe that anything we are currently doing will be sufficient to degrade and ultimately defeat' it.
'None of the so-called progress that the President cited suggests that we are on a path to success, and when you are not winning in warfare, you are losing,' the GOP lawmaker said.
Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton said Obama's 'rhetoric doesn’t match reality.' 'Over the last year, ISIS has expanded its reach exponentially—and the group's influence continues to grow,' the Arkansas Republican said. 'It’s time for the President to acknowledge reality and make the hard decisions required to defeat ISIS once and for all.'
A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner derided the president, as well, in a statement, saying that 'a speech isn’t a strategy.' 'At no point in his remarks did President Obama indicate he’s doing anything to change course and actually build the broad, overarching plan that’s needed to take on these savage terrorists and win,' said the GOP leader's press secretary, Cory Fritz.
Defense hawks in Congress were quick to blast the president for again refusing to chart a course that will lead to victory.
'President Obama’s comments today reveal the disturbing degree of self-delusion that characterizes the Administration’s campaign against [ISIS],' Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain said.
McCain said the problem is not that the U.S. is 'doing nothing' to fend off the group, 'it is that there is no compelling reason to believe that anything we are currently doing will be sufficient to degrade and ultimately defeat' it.
'None of the so-called progress that the President cited suggests that we are on a path to success, and when you are not winning in warfare, you are losing,' the GOP lawmaker said.
Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton said Obama's 'rhetoric doesn’t match reality.' 'Over the last year, ISIS has expanded its reach exponentially—and the group's influence continues to grow,' the Arkansas Republican said. 'It’s time for the President to acknowledge reality and make the hard decisions required to defeat ISIS once and for all.'
A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner derided the president, as well, in a statement, saying that 'a speech isn’t a strategy.' 'At no point in his remarks did President Obama indicate he’s doing anything to change course and actually build the broad, overarching plan that’s needed to take on these savage terrorists and win,' said the GOP leader's press secretary, Cory Fritz.