'If unchecked,' Hagel tells committee, ISIS will 'directly threaten' U.S., allies

[Omaha Steve]

Source: OMAHA WORLD HERALD

By Joseph Morton

WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday laid out the Obama administration’s plans for dealing with Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.

Hagel testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that the threat is real to all nations in that region and to Western countries.

He pointed specifically to the thousands of foreign fighters – including Europeans and more than 100 Americans – that have traveled to Syria. Although the intelligence community has not detected specific plots, leaders of the group known as ISIL or ISIS have threatened America, he said.

“If left unchecked, ISIL will directly threaten our homeland and our allies,” Hagel testified.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.



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[arcane1]

1. Who am I to argue with a Republican Secretary of Defense?

[karynnj]

8. A notably sane one who asked good challenging questions of Condi Rice on the SFRC

He and Lugar made that committee one of the sanest in the awful 109th Congress.

[warrant46]

2. The MI Complex getting Ready

To feed at the Public Trough one more time

[Autumn]

3. I would expect no less from a republican

[jwirr]

4. What allies is he talking about and are they going to help us in the fight so we can keep boots off

the ground?

[Hugabear]

5. According to World Nut Daily and Judicial Watch, they're already at the border!

[CJCRANE]

6. How did those thousands of foreign fighters get into Syria?

Who organized the logistics? Who armed them, trained them and paid their wages?

We need more information to make the right decision.

[TwilightGardener]

7. If he believes it, I have no real reason to doubt him. He's not one to push

intervention for the hell of it.

[99th_Monkey]

14. Who's interests do you believe Hagel is serving?

We the People, or the Military-Industrial Complex?

[TwilightGardener]

15. The people.

[Maedhros]

9. "We wouldn't want the smoking gun to be in the shape of a mushroom cloud..."

The words change a bit, but the rank bullshit behind them remains the same.

[Kelvin Mace]

10. oh FFS

Really?

[Thor_MN]

11. Let me guess, they found Saddam's mobile weapons labs and WMD...

[newfie11]

12. I believe I heard this about Osama

This is the new boogie man.
I will stay out of tall buildings.

[Alkene]

13. I saw an Islamic State militant drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.

His hair was perfect.

[riverwalker]

16. Cheney's Caliphate

[geek tragedy]

17. if unchecked, an army of kittens could conquer the world nt