Isis Is On Its Way To Defeat

President Obama Has Said That Our Aspirations Should Be Realistic. We Are Not Going To Turn One Of The Poorest Countries In The World, That Was Plunged Into 30 Years Of War, Into An Advanced, Industrialized, Western-style Democracy. What We Want To Achieve Is Afghanistan's Capacity To Secure And Govern Itself.

There [in Afghanistan] Is Also A Growing Insurgency Threat From Al-qaida, The Taliban And Other Extremist Elements, Some Of Which Comes From The Tribal Areas Of Pakistan, As Well As From The Northwest Frontier Province And Baluchistan.

The Job Of The Leader Is To Get The Big Ideas Right.

Don't Forget Yemen, Where There Are Also Extremist Elements, As We Saw Recently.

People Often Ask, Why Aren't You Reading About What It Is You're Working On Right Now? And The Truth Is, You Only Get Three Pages A Night Before Your Eyelids Close.