Obama announced that the United States would send 450 troops overseas to weaken the militant group, but assured that "there will be no ground troops, and we will not be forced into a ground-war against ISIL." Furthermore, he announced that the U.S. would lead an international coalition to defeat ISIS, and that "attacks would only be made via air power." Obama added "we are not in this fight alone", emphasizing that other nations as well as the newly-created Iraqi government would help out in this fight,
Throughout the address to the nation, the President remained calm, collected, and composed - yet he retained a serious and passionate tone. Obama had some harsh words for ISIS, when he said that there will be "no safe haven" for terrorists anywhere, and that the United States would find them and rid of them. The President added that while the country is unaware of any specifically-planned terrorist plot from ISIS, they have threatened the country and the United States, in turn, is on high alert.
The most effective part of this speech was his threat to ISIS. Because of the serious tone and expression, and the harshness of the words "we will find you, we will rid of you - there is no safe haven" combined to be effective.
One of the media truths revealed in this speech was that "nothing is new - everything that has happened in the past will happen again." Although ISIS is not the same terrorist group from the past (al-Qaeda), we are faced with a very similar situation. A group, killing Americans (i.e. beheading of U.S. journalists), and trying to take control of the Middle East - another conflict America feels they have a role in to stop the situation.
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