On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 President Barack Obama presented a proposal on how the United States would be going about the current issues with the Islamic States. The President made the proposal on prime-time television from the White House, where he said, "The United States will join friends and allies to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group, known as ISIS." Obama also stated there will not be combat going over to Iraq or Syria, but it will be a relentless effort of airstrikes throughout the countries. He says it will not be like the war in Iraq, there will be no American's on foreign soil. Obama did not have a start date to when these airstrikes will begin or a time frame it will take to ultimately destroy the ISIS. Some of his top aides did state they believe this will go on longer than Obama's time in office. Obama also asked for congressional support to help train Iraqis as well as Syrians to combat and take control of the ISIS group. Obama did get French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius to agree to helping with airstrikes as well as finding others to do the same.
Republicans thought he was too ambiguous and his plan of action was very indirect. They also thought he had no clear plan. The republicans also argue that the strategy is not tough enough to defeat the ISIS. The Democrats, however, worry the plan could drag the United States into another long military engagement. Senator Claire McCaskill, a democrat from Missouri said the training that is going to take place could take up to a year before any arms are provided. The House of Representatives voted yesterday to approve Obama's proposal of authorizing the United States military to train and equip Syrian opposition forces. According to abcnews.com the vote was won 273 to 156. The United States military has everything it needs to strike the ISIS inside of Syria, but is just awaiting the approval from President Obama.
According to CNN.com, the top United States military leaders have just approved the proposal to strike the ISIS targets inside of Syria.
The United States and Iraq have a good relationship after the war and has shifted to make a long-term connections. The United States people are skeptical about having airstrikes in Iraq and Syria because the US spent so much money on the war in Iraq, when we have so much debt in the United States already.
The United States and Syria have a steady, neutral relationship, but it is slowly depleting.
