Krauthammer: Speech on ISIS will likely be 'more of Obama's rhetoric'

Published December 20, 2015

Will Obama's plan to deal with ISIS work?

Charles Krauthammer said Monday on "Special Report with Bret Baier" he doubts that President Obama will lay out a clear strategy to defeat the Islamic state militant group in a Wednesday speech, predicting it will be "more of Obama's rhetoric."

Obama will outline his plan in a meeting Tuesday with House and Senate leaders before addressing the nation in the speech Wednesday, the eve of the 13th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.

However, Krauthammer, a syndicated columnist and a Fox News contributor, said he is skeptical that the president will provide hard details.

"It'll be more of Obama's rhetoric," he said. "He wants to show he has a plan. The other mistake he made was when he said he didn't have a plan - he's now been spending two weeks undoing that."

Krauthammer said that in order for the speech to be a success, the president must declare a willingness to go after the militants in Syria if necessary, as well as in Iraq, a boundary that Krauthammer now calls a "fictional line." He said Obama also must provide concrete details about future actions in the region.

"That's what has to be in the speech," Krauthammer said, "Otherwise, it's not a plan - it's a recovery from him saying, 'I don't have a strategy.'"

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