Barack Obama actually said...

We will strengthen the opposition as the best counterweight to extremists like ISIL.

Fact Sheet: Strategy to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)

09/09/2014

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The United States and NATO stand in solidarity with Turkey.

I'll wake up every single day and fight as hard as I knew how for you.

This is not a manufactured debate.

That is the promise of America.