President Obama said Thursday that defeating Islamic State was “inevitable,” but he warned that the terrorist network is likely to focus increasingly on attacking Western targets. “We are going to defeat the barbarians of ISIS, and we're going to defeat them fast,” Trump said in his speech accepting the Republican nomination. The U.S.-led coalition has launched more than 14,000 airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria, the president said. “Rooting out these networks for smaller, less complicated attacks is tougher,” he added, and requires greater intelligence gathering and cooperation among allies. "I'm pretty confident that a big chunk of my gray hair comes out of my Syria meetings,” said Obama, who turned 55 on Thursday.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 05, 2016 00:41 UTC