When is a strategy not a strategy? When it's a political football. President Barack Obama has ignited fresh conservative criticism by saying "we don't have a strategy yet" for airstrikes against ISIS targets in Syria. Republicans immediately jumped on the President's comment during a news conference Thursday by saying it proved their longstanding complaint that his foreign policy failed to seriously respond to the terrorist threat from Sunni jihadists in the Syrian civil war. "I'm not sure the severity of the problem has really sunk in to the administration just yet," said GOP Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan, who chairs the House intelligence committee.
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President Obama takes heat for saying "we don't have a strategy" on ISIS in Syria
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Critics say it shows the President's lack of focus on a major threat
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The White House says Obama was referring to military options for airstrikes in Syria
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Retired Gen. George Joulwan: Obama has waffled, but airstrikes need lots of planning
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