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Rep. King: The US Should Be Willing To Accept More Civilian Casualties In ISIS Fight [VIDEO]

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Rep. [crscore]Peter King[/crscore] says President Obama’s ISIS strategy is not working and believes that there are “too many restrictions on our military as far as civilian casualties” that the U.S is willing to accept when conducting air strikes.

Appearing on CNN’s “Wolf” on Wednesday, King argued, “The reality is Wolf, there is always going to be some civilian casualties in war. And I think the president is trying to minimize it too much, and by doing that, it results in more people being killed.”

King explained Obama’s ISIS strategy is not working and it has “been a very half-hearted type strategy in that he talks about the 65 nations that are involved in the alliance or this coalition, the fact is that the U.S. is doing almost all of the air strikes and there’s only a few other countries that are actually helping us.”

“And also there are real restrictions on our air power. For instance, the French the first day they got involved in Syria, were able to take out a command and control center and a training camp. Why didn’t we take them out in the previous 15 months?” (RELATED: Former CIA Deputy Director: Obama Didn’t Attack ISIS Oil Because Of The Environment [VIDEO])

“I believe too many restrictions on our military as far as civilian casualties. The reality is Wolf, there is always going to be some civilian casualties in war. And I think the president is trying to minimize it too much, and by doing that, it results in more people being killed,” explained King.

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