[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 170 (Wednesday, November 18, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H8290]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     PRESIDENT SHOULD CHANGE COURSE

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I am grateful this morning 
that General John Keane testified before a joint hearing of the Foreign 
Affairs and Homeland Security Committees. General Keane provided an 
overview:
  ``ISIS is part of the multigenerational struggle against radical 
Islam that will likely dominate the first half of the 21st century 
similar to the fight against communism, which dominated the second half 
of the 20th century. Fourteen years after 9/11, the U.S. has no 
comprehensive strategy or a global alliance to defeat radical Islam.''
  He explained further:
  ``What ISIS has accomplished in the last few weeks is unprecedented. 
While conducting a conventional war in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has staged 
terrorist attacks on a global scale against the people from countries 
who are fighting ISIS. The result is almost 900 casualties in 12 days, 
both killed and wounded, who are Russian, Lebanese, and mostly French 
in Paris.''
  The President should change course and accept the positive counsel of 
General Keane to defeat ISIS. Actions should be taken to prevent 
further attacks, since in the last 48 hours ISIS has threatened to 
attack Washington and Rome.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and may the President, by his 
actions, never forget September the 11th in the global war on 
terrorism.

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