Effort Quote by David Ignatius

Obama has committed the U.S. to war on the Islamic State. To then allow within a month an allied enclave to be overrun -…

— Charles Krauthammer

The tentacles of Islamic State are far-reaching, and the restrained and tepid international response that Mr. Obama has pursued will not eliminate this terrorist…

— Mercedes Schlapp

Islamic State is following a clear strategy. First, it wants to solidify its power in Iraq and Syria. Then, their fighters will try to…

— Ahmed Chalabi

ISIS may seem un-Islamic to President Obama, but to anybody who has read Islam's core texts, it might appear to be a fairly straightforward…

— Douglas Murray

Now, six months after he sent the military back into combat to take on the terror group calling itself the Islamic State, Mr. Obama…

— Peter Baker

“Obama doesn’t like this terror war. He particularly dislikes its unfortunate religious coloration, which is why “Islamist” is banished from his lexicon. But soothing…

— Charles Krauthammer

I heard Katty Kay's name and I know Katty Kay said we didn't have a plan. Well, there is a plan, and the President…

— John F. Kerry

I do believe that Obama is at war with Islam, it is never too late to embrace Islam. If we were to establish Sharia…

— Anjem Choudary

Now, here we are, and we have Obama in office, and he has drawn down forces in Iraq - which is a plan that…

— Jeremy Scahill

Many Sunnis joined Islamic State because they felt they were being treated poorly. Winning back their trust is the primary task of the new…

— Ahmed Chalabi

One of the things we've seen here is how easy it is for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to get distracted from dealing with…

— Ted Cruz

Islamic State is mainly a direct result of the failure in Syria. That's where IS has grown. That's where IS spread from.

— Paul Wolfowitz