US President Barack Obama’s request for new powers to launch military operations against ISIL in Syria and Iraq has sparked a national debate.
Undecided on what might be the right strategy to defeat the Islamic State militant group, the sticking point appears to be the use of ground troops.
The proposed powers must now be approved by Congress.
Michael McCaul, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman told euronews the president needed more flexibility to tackle the jihadists:
“The current strategy is really one more of containment rather than defeating and destroying ISIS. The air strikes have had limited success, though what is missing right now is a ground force, in Syria particularly, and it cannot all come from the United States. But it has to be US leadership,” he said.
The White House has warned that ISIL could pose a wider threat and restated the president’s call for no geographic limitations on US military operations
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