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Ron Johnson: “President Obama didn't decide to go to war with ISIS…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

Fourth and State: Sen. Ron Johnson on foreign policy

Published September 30, 2014 | Video Starts at 00:44

I wonder if you could talk first about the President's decision to take on the Islamic State. Do you support that decision? Do you think it came soon enough? Let's first say that President Obama didn't decide to go to war with ISIS. Islamic terror decided to go to war with America a couple decades ago. So unfortunately, President Obama has to deal with a very complex, very difficult situation. But I totally agree with the goal he set. (00:44–00:51)

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Asserts that Islamic terror initiated war with America decades ago, not President Obama.

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