President Obama on Wednesday pledged that the U.S. would “degrade and destroy” the Islamist terrorist group responsible for the beheading of two American journalists, saying the U.S. was “repulsed” by the slayings.
“We will not be intimidated,” Obama said during a joint press conference in Estonia. “Our reach is long and justice will be served.”
The president’s comments came the morning after the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) released a video depicting the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff, and two weeks after the terror group released a video similarly depicting the death of American journalist James Foley.
“Whatever these murderers think they’ll achieve by killing innocent Americans like Steven, they have already failed,” Obama said, pledging an international effort against the “the kind of barbaric and empty vision that [ISIS] represents.”
“We will not be intimidated…” means he plans to stay on the golf course(s) until the 18th hole gets blown up