Eric Holder: ‘We’re Not at a Time of War’ With ISIS

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U.S. and coalition forces have conducted nearly 2,300 airstrikes hitting more than 4,800 targets in Iraq and Syria since August 2014, as part of the ongoing campaign to defeat the so-called Islamic State. Three service members have already perished in these ongoing operations against ISIS.

But according to Attorney General Eric Holder, “we’re not at a time of war.”

The comments, during a luncheon at the National Press Club, came just days after the White House sent Congressional leaders a draft bill that would authorize the continuation of the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

President Obama declared an end to the ‘Global War on Terror’ in 2013, but that was before the emergence of the so-called Islamic State and the operation the president launched to fight them. Last week, the White House proposed a war authorization that set out no geographical limits on the use against ISIS and its affiliated groups, which was criticized by some of the left who said it allowed the president too much leeway to conduct military action.

Holder made the remarks Tuesday while responding to a question about the Department of Justice’s prosecution of journalists over national security matters. The attorney general was making a broader point about the need for reporters to consider whether publishing sensitive information might undercut American national security.

This isn’t the first time an Obama administration official has tried to argue that the war against ISIS is not, in fact, a war.

“I’ll use an extreme example, perhaps unfair. In World War II, if a reporter had found out about the existence of the Manhattan Project, is that something that should have been disclosed? Now we’re not at a time of war, I understand, and I said, it’s an extreme example. But I think there is a question that members of the press should ask, about whether or not the disclosure of the information has a negative impact on the national security of the nation,” Holder said. Read more at The Daily Beast.

{Matzav.com}


4 COMMENTS

  1. Well of course. Mr. Witholder controls the left wing media, so what’s the problem? He hates America & would love to see another terrorist attack on this evil white racist Nation. Any information that a journalist can give to the enemy would be greatly appreciated.

  2. Holder is one of the worst men in history.

    Limited human reasoning and limited mind of honor.

    A good day will be his last in office.

    Never Again.

  3. I disagree with the headline and implications of this article. It’s quite clear what Holder meant. He was not addressing ISIS at all. To use that to imply that he feels we are not “at war” with ISIS is disingenuous.

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