to care. he has no plan in place to defeat them. we have these incremental deployment of forces that include rule of engagement for or pilots, for example, that preclude them from doing the job he says they re out there to do. at the end of the day the notion that we re in vienna that we re negotiating, that the russians and iranians brought in as positive partners in the president s view is all folly. the president will have to answer to history. i m sure he s looking towards his legacy, and the question for him will be why did you stand by while this threat to america, this grave threat grew and gathered strength across the middle east. senator bayh, does he need to go to congress now for further authorization? it seems there s a real potential for mission creep. a president is always stronger when you go to congress and get congress s support. the real issue is whether the congress would lend that, because on this issue, as many others, congress is divided.
combat vision. if we were envisioning a combat operation, we probably would be contemplating more than 50 troops on the ground. white house press secretary josh earnest explaining a major shift in president obama s syria strategy. it s time for our sunday group, syndicated columnist george will, ron fournier, liz cheney, and former senator evan bayh. liz, start us off here. the president said two years ago definitively i m not going to put american forces on the ground in syria. two years later, here we are. it s no longer news that the president does something that contradicts statements he made previously. it happens on a regular basis. bottom line is we have a terrorist organization that established a caliphate in the heart of the middle east. it s a clear and direct threat to the united states of america. they have to be defeated and defeated by force. there s no diplomatic solution. there s no negotiation that s going to defeat isis. we have to take the territory from them tha
to care. he has no plan in place to defeat them. we have these incremental deployment of forces that include rule of engagement for or pilots, for example, that preclude them from doing the job he says they re out there to do. at the end of the day the notion that we re in vienna that we re negotiating, that the russians and iranians brought in as positive partners in the president s view is all folly. the president will have to answer to history. i m sure he s looking towards his legacy, and the question for him will be why did you stand by while this threat to america, this grave threat grew and gathered strength across the middle east. senator bayh, does he need to go to congress now for further authorization? it seems there s a real potential for mission creep. a president is always stronger when you go to congress and get congress s support. the real issue is whether the congress would lend that, because on this issue, as many others, congress is divided.
he has no plan in place to defeats them, we have the incremental deployments of forces that include rules of engagement for our pilots to preclude them from the job they are there to do. at end of the day the nothing we are in vienna, negotiating with the russians and the everyone piers brought in as positive partners and the president s view is folly, the president value to answer to history were i am sure he is looking to the legacy in the last part of the administration and it willen, why do you stand by while the threat grew and gathered strength? senator bayh, does he need to go to congress? it seems there is a potential for mission creep? a president is always stronger when you go to congress and you get the support of congress. the real issue is whether the congress would give that because the congress is divided.
these forces do not have a combat mission. if they did we would contemplate more than 50 troops on the ground. that was a shift in president obama s shift in syria strategy we have george will, and ron fournier, and liz cheney, and former democratic senator evan bayh. the president said i will not put american forces on the ground syria and here we are. it is no longer news that the president has done something that directly contradicts previous statements. eight happens regularly. the bottom line, we have a militant islamist terrorist organization, a clear and direct threat to the united states of america. they have to be defeated. they have to be defeated by force l is no diplomatic solution be no negotiation that will defeat isis. we have a president who either does not know or care.