Petraeus backs Obama on ISIL

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DENVER — President Barack Obama’s decision to intensify the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria is a good starting point and could succeed, retired Gen. David Petraeus said Thursday.

Speaking at a 9/11 commemoration in Denver, Petraeus said Obama made a forceful case for battling militants who control large parts of the two nations.

Obama said Wednesday he was authorizing U.S. airstrikes inside Syria and expanded strikes in Iraq. He also again asked Congress to authorize a program to train and arm Syrian rebels who are fighting both Islamic State militants and forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

“I thought that the president made a very strong statement last night about the threat posed by ISIL, a very compelling argument about the need to combat that threat, and a good point of departure,” Petraeus said, using one of the acronyms for the Islamic State group.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/david-petraeus-barack-obama-isil-islamic-state-110881.htmlc

[still_one]

1. The right thinks he didn't go far enough, and the left things he went too far

[blkmusclmachine]

2. Betrayus - Meh

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3. Irrelevant. N/t

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4. Good luck, I mean that sincerely. n/t