--- description: The President pushed back on critics of his stance towards ISIS on a recent appearance on Meet The Press. title: VIDEO: Obama Addresses ISIS Critics image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Iraq](/tag/iraq/) ## Iraq Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Obama Pushes Back on ISIS Criticism by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 8, 2014 11:37 PM CUT by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 8, 2014 11:37 PM CUT President Obama pushed back against critics of his handling of ISIS militants in Iraq on _Meet The Press_ Sunday, as the first guest of new host Chuck Todd. “Number one, this is a serious threat,” Obama said. “We have the capacity to deal with it.” The President added that he plans to announce a more detailed strategy in a speech this week. “This is not going to be an announcement of ground troops. This is not the Iraq war,” he said. “It’s similar to the counterterrorism campaigns we’ve been doing for the past 5-6-7 years.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3306322/obama-pushes-back-on-isis-criticism/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3306322/obama-pushes-back-on-isis-criticism/"},"headline":"Obama Pushes Back on ISIS Criticism","datePublished":"2014-09-08T23:37:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:04:22.206Z","description":"The President pushed back on critics of his stance towards ISIS during a recent television appearance","url":"https://time.com/3306322/obama-pushes-back-on-isis-criticism/","keywords":["Iraq","ISIS"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/iraq/","name":"Iraq"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3306322/obama-pushes-back-on-isis-criticism/","name":"Obama Pushes Back on ISIS Criticism"}}]}] ```