McCain: attack Islamic State in Syria after execution of U.S. photojournalist

McCain: attack Islamic State in Syria after execution of U.S. photojournalist

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James Wright Foley (10.18.73 – c. August 19 2014)
James Wright Foley (10.18.73 – c. August 19 2014)

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called on President Barack Obama to attack the Islamic State’s stronghold in Syria, after a video was released showing the apparent execution of American photojournalist James Foley by the group known as ISIS or ISIL.

“The more he (Obama) delays and the more he acts incrementally, the more ISIS adjusts and the more difficult they will become,” McCain said, according to the Arizona Republic. “And one of the decisions that he has to make is to attack ISIS in Syria because they are moving the captured equipment there and they are fighting there and their enclaves are there.”

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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Tuesday that the Obama administration needs to fight the Islamic State in Syria

“They have erased the border between Iraq and Syria. They are now an enclave larger than Indiana,” he added.

McCain called the video of Foley’s execution “just horrible,” and said it shows Obama was wrong to downplay the rise of ISIS.

“This is the most vicious terrorist organization that we’ve ever encountered,” McCain said. “This president has ignored the threat for a long period of time, and now we’re paying the price.” He added he hopes the video “gives us more of a wake-up call.”