Chuck Hagel actually said...

We got to destroy it, because if we don't destroy it, it will get worst and it will get wider and deeper.

In fact, the Pentagon has presented options to the President and while they are constantly reassessing those and offering new options.

We've never seen anything like this, we've got to be prepared for everything.

Oh, this is beyond anything that we've seen. So we must prepare for everything and the only way you do that is you take a cold steely hard t...