TRUMP ORDERS “A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY & PLANS FOR THE DEFEAT OF ISIS”

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

 What is refreshing about this Memorandum is that it doesn’t contain what
 it certainly would have contained in the previous administration: a 
clause or two about how the Islamic State (which is actually the name of
 the group, not the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) is perverting the 
great, noble, peaceful religion of Islam. This statement doesn’t say 
anything about whether or not the Islamic State is Islamic, which is 
just as it should be: the President of the United States is not and need
 not be the nation’s Chief Theologian. The motivating of the ideology of
 the enemy needs to be identified, discussed, and countered; no 
declaration of whether or not it is actually Islamically correct is 
needed from the U.S. government.

“Presidential Memorandum Plan to Defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria,” White House, January 28, 2017:

NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM – 3

MEMORANDUM FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT

THE SECRETARY OF STATE

THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY

THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY

THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OF STAFF

THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR
NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS

THE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT

THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

SUBJECT: Plan to Defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, is not the only threat
from radical Islamic terrorism that the United States faces, but it is
among the most vicious and aggressive. It is also attempting to create
its own state, which ISIS claims as a “caliphate.” But there can be no
accommodation or negotiation with it. For those reasons I am directing
my Administration to develop a comprehensive plan to defeat ISIS.

ISIS is responsible for the violent murder of American citizens in
the Middle East, including the beheadings of James Foley, Steven
Sotloff, and Peter Abdul-Rahman Kassig, as well as the death of Kayla
Mueller. In addition, ISIS has inspired attacks in the United States,
including the December 2015 attack in San Bernardino, California, and
the June 2016 attack in Orlando, Florida. ISIS is complicit in a number
of terrorist attacks on our allies in which Americans have been wounded
or killed, such as the November 2015 attack in Paris, France, the March
2016 attack in Brussels, Belgium, the July 2016 attack in Nice, France,
and the December 2016 attack in Berlin, Germany.

ISIS has engaged in a systematic campaign of persecution and
extermination in those territories it enters or controls. If ISIS is
left in power, the threat that it poses will only grow. We know it has
attempted to develop chemical weapons capability. It continues to
radicalize our own citizens, and its attacks against our allies and
partners continue to mount. The United States must take decisive action
to defeat ISIS.

Sec. 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States that ISIS be defeated.

Sec. 2. Policy Coordination. Policy coordination, guidance, dispute
resolution, and periodic in-progress reviews for the functions and
programs described and assigned in this memorandum shall be provided
through the interagency process established in National Security
Presidential Memorandum – 2 of January 28, 2017 (Organization of the
National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council), or any
successor.

(i) Development of a new plan to defeat ISIS (the Plan) shall commence immediately.

(ii) Within 30 days, a preliminary draft of the Plan to defeat ISIS
shall be submitted to the President by the Secretary of Defense.

(iii) The Plan shall include:

(A) a comprehensive strategy and plans for the defeat of ISIS;

(B) recommended changes to any United States rules of engagement and
other United States policy restrictions that exceed the requirements of
international law regarding the use of force against ISIS;

(C) public diplomacy, information operations, and cyber strategies to
isolate and delegitimize ISIS and its radical Islamist ideology;

(D) identification of new coalition partners in the fight against
ISIS and policies to empower coalition partners to fight ISIS and its
affiliates;

(E) mechanisms to cut off or seize ISIS’s financial support,
including financial transfers, money laundering, oil revenue, human
trafficking, sales of looted art and historical artifacts, and other
revenue sources; and

(F) a detailed strategy to robustly fund the Plan.

(b) Participants. The Secretary of Defense shall develop the Plan in
collaboration with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of National
Intelligence, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Assistant
to the President for National Security Affairs, and the Assistant to the
President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism.

(c) Development of the Plan. Consistent with applicable law, the
Participants identified in subsection (b) of this section shall compile
all information in the possession of the Federal Government relevant to
the defeat of ISIS and its affiliates. All executive departments and
agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law, promptly comply with any
request of the Participants to provide information in their possession
or control pertaining to ISIS. The Participants may seek further
information relevant to the Plan from any appropriate source.

(d) The Secretary of Defense is hereby authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register

DONALD J. TRUMP