Beheading second American journalist United States president said justice will served for reporters. He said that the United States will not intimidated by Islamic State militants after the beheading of a second American journalist.
Obama still did not give a timeline for deciding on a strategy to go after the extremist group’s operations in Syria.
It’s going to take time for us to be able to roll them back,” the president said at a news conference during a visit to Europe.
The president’s comments came after he said the United States verified the authenticity of a video released.
Beheading second American journalist United States president said justice will served for reporters.
Showing the beheading of freelance reporter Steven Sotloff, two weeks after journalist James Foley similarly killed.
Obama vowed the U.S. would not forget the “terrible crime against these two fine young men.”
We will not intimidated.
Their horrific acts only unite us as a country and stiffen our resolve to take the fight against these terrorists,” Obama said.
President vows justice will be served for American reporters.
And those who make the mistake of harming Americans will learn that we will not forget,
And that our reach long and that justice will served.”
Separately, Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement: “Barbarity, sadly, isn’t new to our world. Neither is evil.”
We’ve taken the fight to it before, and we’re taking the fight to it today,” Kerry said.
“When terrorists anywhere around the world murdered our citizens, the United States held them accountable, no matter how long it took.
And those who murdered James Foley and Steven Sotloff in Syria.
Should know that the United States will hold them accountable too, no matter how long it takes.”
President Obama Vows ‘Justice Will Be Served’ For American Reporters’ Murders By Islamic State Militants.
Beheading second American journalist United States president said justice will served for reporters.
Obama also sought to clean up the damage from his statement last week that “we don’t have a strategy yet” for dealing with the Islamic State group in Syria.
Republicans quickly seized on the remark to argue the president lacks a coherent approach to fighting the extremist group.
It very important from my perspective that when we send our pilots in to do a job, that we know that this a mission that’s going to work.
That we very clear on what our objectives , what our targets are,” Obama said.
We made the case to Congress and we’ made the case to the American people.
And we’ve got allies behind us so that it’s not just a one-off, but it’s something that over time is going to be effective.
Beheading second American journalist United States president said justice will served for reporters.
In the Sotloff video, a masked militant warns Obama that as long as U.S. airstrikes against the militant group.
Continue, “our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people.”
President Obama vows justice will served for American reporters.
Obama responded that the airstrikes have been effective in blunting the militant threat.
And he will continue to battle the “barbaric and ultimately empty vision” that the Islamic State represents.
He said he will be consulting with NATO allies at a summit in Wales Thursday and Friday on a strategy.
To combat the Islamic State and other militant networks that arise.
Beheading second American journalist United States president said justice will served for reporters.
“Our objective is clear, and that is to degrade and destroy ISI.
So that it’s no longer a threat — not just to Iraq, but also the region and to the United States,” he said, using an acronym for the militant group.
Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, appearing alongside Obama, expressed solidarity in the fight.
We see ISIS as a serious threat to all of us, and stand together with the United States and our allies on this issue,” Ilves said, using an alternative name for the group.
