Barack Obama Quotes

Instead of being a Woodrow Wilson democracy promoter we ought to hunt down our enemies and kill ISIS rather than creating opportunities for ISIS to take control of new countries.

Let's have a conversation about how we destroy ISIS.

ISIS has leadership, just like al Qaeda has leadership. It's important to be able to eliminate the individuals that are leading the organization.

We have a duty to fight ISIS; air operations alone will not defeat ISIS.

ISIS and radical Islamic terrorism will face no more determined foe than I will be.

The fight against radical Islamic terrorists and ISIS has been called the war of our time.

As far as Iraq, the important thing is that the Taliban is gone in Afghanistan, three-quarters of the al-Qaida leadership is either dead or in jail, and we now have Saudi Arabia working with us, Pakistan working with us.

We need to focus our energies there, not these broad, blanket, kind of statements that will make it harder for us to deal with ISIS. We need to deal with ISIS in the caliphate. We need a strategy to destroy ISIS there. You can't do that without the cooperation of the Muslim world because they're as threatened as we are.

The world seems concerned with Pakistan primarily as an actor in global attempts to combat terrorism.

The scale of the ISIS threat is not yet matched by a clarity of approach for securing their defeat.

If I had been in President Obama's shoes, I would have acted more decisively and strongly against ISIS.

The Qataris have cut off support for the most extreme elements of terrorist organizations.

You cannot defeat Islamic State with airstrikes only. It's necessary to cooperate with ground troops, and the Syrian army is the most efficient and powerful ground force to fight the Islamic State.

I would argue it should be a policy to defeat ISIS where they are, where they exist and prevent them from coming into the United States.

We have to defeat ISIS. We have to make certain that we destroy them and that we push them back.

We need to defeat al Queda and other terrorist organizations.

You cannot fight one terrorist organization by making use of another terrorist organization.

If you think you can finish ISIS off with the PYD and YPG, you cannot, because they are terrorist groups as well.

When I was commander of Central Command, obviously we were very concerned about the developments in Yemen, the developments in Somalia and elsewhere, in Africa and so forth. But the al Qaeda senior leadership is under unprecedented pressure.

Our enemy in Syria is Daesh: it's not about containing but destroying this organisation.

This policy of containment is not a winning strategy. We need a policy to defeat and destroy ISIS once and for all.

One thing is certain: we will not be successful in this fight against ISIS and other extremist groups unless countries in the region are a major part of the coalition.

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 organization.

I want to see ISIS destroyed.

We will continue to work around the world to beat ISIS about where they may exist, these are horrible ideologies or murderous ideologies.