In a radio interview , Barack Obama calls for a political solution in Iraq . `` Over the past couple of years , during the chaos of the Syrian civil war , where essentially you have huge swaths of the country that are completely ungoverned , they were able to reconstitute themselves and take advantage of that chaos , '' Obama said , adding later the U.S. also overrated Iraq 's security forces , which were quickly overrun by ISIS when it took over the northern city of Mosul this summer . The President says he supports partnerships , over the threat of whack - a - mole . ` ` If we do our job right ... then over time our role can slow down , '' Obama says . House Speaker John Boehner questions the ` ` no boots on the ground '' strategy .
In a radio interview , Barack Obama calls for a political solution in Iraq . The President says he supports partnerships , over the threat of whack - a - mole . ` ` If we do our job right ... then over time our role can slow down , '' Obama says . House Speaker John Boehner questions the ` ` no boots on the ground '' strategy .