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[Watch (HLS stream): TIME Raw: Obama at the G-20 Summit: "We have the finest military minds in the world."](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/U2JjTQoI.m3u8) (1:51)  _Published 2015-11-16_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Nov 18, 2015 8:28 PM UTC  President Barack Obama speaks to the media during his closing press conference on day two of the G20 Turkey Leaders Summit on November 16, 2015 in Antalya, Turkey. President Barack Obama speaks to the media during his closing press conference on day two of the G20 Turkey Leaders Summit on November 16, 2015 in Antalya, Turkey. Chris McGrath—Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Nov 18, 2015 8:28 PM UTC At the G-20 summit on Monday, a CNN reporter [asked](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cnn-reporter-obama-bastards%5F5649f6b8e4b060377349db92) President Barack Obama “why can’t we take out these bastards.” (“These bastards” being the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria—ISIS) Obama [responded](https://youtu.be/a2PfdBavdvs), “If folks want to pop off and have opinions about what they think they would do, present a specific plan.” People [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/NathanZed/status/666332027382312960) were [very](https://twitter.com/SheaSerrano/status/666278454283890688) [excited](https://twitter.com/lowkeyanarchy/status/666976223516565505) about the President’s use of the phrase “pop off.” One person in particular was so thrilled that he remixed it. The result will totally be your new jam: Seriously, aren’t you kind of hoping that song comes on when you hit the club this weekend? It might not be _quite_ as good as, say, Missy Elliott’s [new song](http://time.com/4109821/missy-elliott-wtf-where-they-from-pharrell), but you know you could totally get down to it. ## Transcript We're working closely with our French partners as they pursue their investigations and track down suspects. France is already a strong counter terrorism partner and today, we're announcing a new agreement. We're streamlining the process by which we share intelligence and operational military informational with France. This will allow our personnel to pass threat information, including on ISIL, to our French partners even more quickly and more often. Because we need to be doing everything we can to protect against more attacks and protect our citizens. Have been a few who suggested that we should put Large numbers of US troops on the ground. And keep in mind we have the finest military in the world and we have the finest military minds in the world. And I've been meeting with them intensively for years now Discussing these various options. And it is not just my view but the view of my closest military and civilian advisers that that would be a mistake. We've seen that when we have an effective partner on the ground. ISIL can And is pushed back. So local forces in Iraq backed by coalition airpower recently liberated Sinjar. Iraqi forces are fighting to take back Ramadi. In Syria, ISIL's been pushed back from much of the border region with Turkey. We stepped up our support of opposition forces who are working to cut off supply lines to ISIL's strongholds. 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