'We are going to lead a war [on ISIS], which will be pitiless,' French President François Hollande said after the terrorist attacks in Paris left 130 dead.
Has the French President’s Call to Arms Against ISIS Fizzled?
By Heritage Foundation Nolan Peterson——Bio and Archives--December 8, 2015
PARIS—After the bloody terrorist attacks in Paris on Nov. 13, French President François Hollande declared war on the Islamic State, also known as ISIS. But although he employed tougher rhetoric, Hollande didn’t necessarily make an about-face in French counterterrorism policy.
“The objective is clear, Daesh must be destroyed,” Hollande told his Defense Council the day after the attacks, using a pejorative Arabic acronym for the Islamist terror group.
In the weeks that followed, the French president undertook a marathon transcontinental diplomatic blitz to rally reluctant world leaders against ISIS.
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