On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
In last week's Washington Post, columnist Charles Krauthammer analyzed the President's plan to defeat ISIL: ``Beyond the strategy's halfhearted substance is the author's halfhearted tone. Obama's reluctance and ambivalence are obvious. This is a man driven to give this speech by public opinion. It shifted radically with the televised beheading of two Americans. Every poll shows that Americans overwhelmingly want something to be done--and someone to lead the doing.'' ISIL's conquest in Iraq and Syria is a consequence of the administration's failed policies that do not achieve peace through strength. The President ignored evidence of increasing terrorist safe havens across North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia, as the southern border is now porous. The United States must effectively defeat ISIL to stop attacks on American families. I hope the President shows real leadership and takes effective action to achieve victory over those who vow mass murder of American families. In conclusion, God bless our troops, and the President should take action remembering September 11th in the global war on terrorism. ____________________
