Extremists could attack Europe and the U.S.

[Jazzy]

The king of Saudi Arabia has warned that extremists could attack Europe and the U.S. if there is not a strong international response to terrorism after Islamist extremists seized a wide territory across Iraq and Syria.

While not mentioning any terrorist groups by name, King Abdullah's statement appeared aimed at drawing Washington and NATO forces into a wider fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, and its supporters in the region. Saudi Arabia openly backs rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad, but is concerned that the breakaway al Qaeda group could also turn those very same weapons on the kingdom.

"I am certain that after a month they will reach Europe and, after another month, America," he said at a reception for foreign ambassadors Friday.

Official Saudi media carried the king's comments early Saturday.

"These terrorists do not know the name of humanity and you have witnessed them severing heads and giving them to children to walk with in the street," the king said, urging the ambassadors to relay his message directly to their heads of state.

CBS News correspondent Julianna Goldman reports from Washington that President Obama didn't talk military planning Friday night when he met with Democratic donors, but he said that he understands that Americans are anxious about the growing threat of ISIS, and he acknowledged that it's a dangerous time in the Middle East.

A day after the president said that he doesn't have a strategy yet for confronting ISIS, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, in Syria, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Mr. Obama is waiting for his defense secretary to present a plan.

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Your thoughts about the fact Obama has no formulated, and comprehensive strategy plan?

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Obama has no formulated, and comprehensive strategy plan

Sounds about right.

 

[Mike]

Pfft and you think the past how many world leaders haven't ever been in that situation? Obama tried something new and admitted it publicly, which was just an odd and badly advised thing to do.

For the past decade and a half this 'threat level' has always been there, so articles like the one in the first post that make it sound like it's a brand new threat are just plain odd.

I do agree that the threat level should be higher as a response to how unstable the world is at the moment, but at the same time the terror threat level is often used as a distraction to other domestic policies in some countries.

 

[Dee]

The title of this thread should be "Extremists have already attacked Europe and the U.S." We need to quit acting like they haven't done it before and get a game plan in place. Quite obviously our homeland security is not top notch. There are several ways in which extremists might be able to attack us both with deadly force and by attacking our resources (electricity, water, etc).

As for not having a strategy yet? I don't know what to think. I'm quiet sure the situation is much more complicated than it appears to be, but I'm also certain the government is at least working on a plan. There's always a plan, whether it is a smart one or not.

 

[DrLeftover]