President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, in Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. The president is departing for a 9-day trip to Turkey, the Philippines and Malaysia for global security and economic summits. The global anxiety sparked by a series of deadly attacks in Paris by the Islamic State group has given new urgency to Obama's upcoming talks with world leaders. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Paris Attacks May Lead White House to Increase Military Action Against Islamic State
November 14, 2015
The Obama administration has insisted its approach to degrading and ultimately defeating the Islamic State is the right one ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Paris attacks seem likely to compel the White House to consider military escalation against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.
But defense analysts foresee only limited new military actions, rather than dramatic moves like launching a ground invasion. A former NATO commander says the 28-nation alliance should join the fight.
President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, in Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. The president is departing for a 9-day trip to Turkey, the Philippines and Malaysia for global security and economic summits. The global anxiety sparked by a series of deadly attacks in Paris by the Islamic State group has given new urgency to Obama's upcoming talks with world leaders. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
The Obama administration has insisted its approach to degrading and ultimately defeating the Islamic State is the right one, and that the terrorist threat does not justify a large-scale U.S. ground offensive in either Syria or Iraq.
But analysts say the Paris attacks may prompt a U.S. re-evaluation and lead to limited moves such as embedding U.S. military advisers closer to the front lines with Iraqi forces and with anti-Islamic State rebels in Syria.
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Dave Urbanski is a senior editor for Blaze News and has been writing for Blaze News since 2013. He has also been a newspaper reporter, a magazine editor, and a book editor. He resides in New Jersey. You can reach him at durbanski@blazemedia.com.
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