U.S. Made The World A More Secure And Prosperous Place: Obama

WASHINGTON: Asserting that the U.S. has made the world a more secure and prosperous place, President Barack Obama has said that the American leadership is necessary to underwrite the global security and prosperity.

"My fellow Americans, the world is confronted by many challenges. And while America has never been able to right every wrong, America has made the world a more secure and prosperous place," he said in a late night address to the nation, wherein he explained his decision to authorize military airstrikes in Iraq.

"Our leadership is necessary to underwrite the global security and prosperity that our children and our grandchildren will depend upon. We do so by adhering to a set of core principles. We do whatever is necessary to protect our people," Obama explained in his brief 9-minute speech.

"We support our allies when they're in danger. We lead coalitions of countries to uphold international norms. We strive to stay true to the fundamental values - the desire to live with basic freedom and dignity - that is common to human beings wherever they are. That's why people all over the world look to the United States of America to lead," Obama said.

Thousands of families from the Yazidi minority community are reportedly trapped in the mountains in Iraq without food and water after fleeing the rampaging fighters of the Islamic State, also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or ISIS.

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