White House Doesn’t Think President Obama Could Have Done More in Syria

‘We haven’t seen an alternative solution put forward’

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EARNEST: “Well, I think the president’s had an opportunity to speak about this a couple of times and I would vigorously disagree with the suggestion that there is somehow a case that should be made or can legitimately be made that the president didn’t do anything in Syria. The fact is the president has built an international coalition with more than 65 members now that has been focused on eradicating the threat from ISIL and other extremists including al-Qaeda’s presence in Syria in the form of al-Nusra, that does pose a threat to the United States and our allies in the West. And we’ve been very focused on that threat and there are significant resources that have been mobilized including militarily to attack that threat and we’ve been able to lead an international coalition and mobilize international resources to confront that threat.”

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