Senate Intel Chairman: To Talk About Containing ISIS 'Is Really a Joke'
"We've got to stop talking about containment, and we've got to talk about elimination of the terrorist threat," Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) told Fox News Sunday.
Host Chris Wallace asked Burr, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, about the size of the Islamic State's international footprint, and how big a threat it is to countries outside the Middle East:
"Well,
Chris, it's proven that ISIS is in 30 different countries, they control
eight provinces of countries. They've got a reach that goes throughout
Europe and North America. So, to talk about containment is really a
joke. The reality is that ISIS may be geographically contained in Syria
and Iraq, but their efforts around the world to project terrorism and to
commit terrorism is as robust today as it's ever been."
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