Strategy has `` things that one does n't think of normally in context of war , '' he says . He says President Obama 's strategy to quash ISIS with the help of allies will succeed . `` Doing it with allies and partners is n't just smart , it 's strong , '' he said. Defeating this common enemy calls for a common cause , and we 're taking it on to succeed together . '' After talks in Jeddah with Persian Gulf leaders , he will go to Paris for an Iraq conference .
Strategy has `` things that one does n't think of normally in context of war , '' he says . He says President Obama 's strategy to quash ISIS with the help of allies will succeed . `` Doing it with allies and partners is n't just smart , it 's strong , '' he said. After talks in Jeddah with Persian Gulf leaders , he will go to Paris for an Iraq conference .