President Barack Obama toughened his rhetoric against ISIS at
a weekend press conference in Malaysia that concluded his nine-day trip abroad.
The group responsible
for the Paris terror attacks is "a bunch of killers with good social media,"
he said. "They are dangerous and they've caused great hardship to ... an
overwhelming majority of people."
The global coalition formed to destroy ISIS "will not relent," he vowed.
"We will not accept the idea that terrorist assaults on restaurants and
theaters and hotels are the new normal, or that we are powerless to stop
them."
Obama's stronger
language on ISIS came after days of criticism for his response to the tragedy in Paris but did not signal a policy shift by
the administration.
"They can't beat us on the
battlefield, so they try to terrorize us into being afraid, and changing our
patterns of behavior, and panicking, and abandoning our allies and partners,
and retreating from the world," Obama said. "As president, I will not
let that happen."
-CNN
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