President Obama is drastically change his approach to
handling terrorism in the Middle East.
President Obama plans to launch an aggressive airstrike against ISIS.
The airstrikes will be targeting the Iraq and Syrian borders. Iraq and Syria’s
shared borders are speculated to be home to the Middle Eastern terrorist
organization, which is known to have both United States and British citizens
among its members. According to the
Washington Post, the Obama administration plans to move forward with this plan
with or without the permission of congress as the President stated, “He did not
need new authority from congress to purse his approach.”
One could believe that President Obama’s actions are a
result of the beheading of two U.S. journalist James Foley and Steven Sotloff, which
were video tapped and released by ISIS. President Obama is putting action
behind the vow he took, in which he promised to bring ISIS top justice. Vice
President Joe Biden shared similar sentiment as he had stated, “We will follow
them (ISIS) to the Gates of Hell.”
President Obama will likely give some insight to his
plans Wednesday night at nine when plans to give an address. One should
consider the repercussions of the President’s planed airstrike. Due to the possibility
of air strikes creating more conflict between the Syrian government and rebels
within areas surrounding the Iraqi and Syrian border. The planned air strike
will likely provoke, and cause similar terrorist organizations with similar
ideals to take action and make the U.S. pay for their actions in one form or
another.
One should also consider President Obama’s lack of
congressional approval whether it is needed or not. Lack of congressional
approval may cause, tension’s to be high with President Obama and Congress.
High tensions with the President and Congress may make it difficult for the
President to receive congressional backing on legislation he would seek to
enact during the third year of his final term.
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