He has vowed that "justice will be done" against the killers of James Foley news.sky.com. The US has already launched surveillance flights over Syria to identify possible targets for carrying out airstrikes. The Islamic State (IS) militants had beheaded the journalist in a video released earlier this month and have seized large chunks of Syria as well as neighboring Iraq. The US is already conducting airstrikes there.
President Obama cautioned that America does not forget – he was talking to veterans at an American Legion convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. He said - our reach is long, we are patient, justice will be done. Rooting out a cancer like ISIL would not be easy, neither would it be quick.
Syria is already devastated by a three-year civil war and it has warned Washington that it would need permission to operate in its airspace. However, White House spokesman Josh Earnest has reiterated by saying that the US did not even recognize Syria's president, Bashar al Assad, as the country's legitimate leader.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki also echoed the same sentiments – she has said that when it came to defending US interests, "we're not going to ask for permission from the Syrian regime"
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