If you have been following the ISIL crisis, you know our government officials have not quite decided if we are "at war" with the Islamic extremists or not.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) affirmed today that the U.S. is not at war with ISIL, though she called the matter "deadly serious."
"We have initiated hostilities against ISIS, that's for sure," Pelosi told MSNBC’s Ronan Farrow. "[War] would require a declaration of war by the Congress of the United States."
Pelosi echoed the Obama administration’s assurance that no U.S. troops would fight the extremists in a combat mission. She instead expressed support for arming and training "responsible" Syrian rebels.
She also said President Obama must continue talks to build an international coalition, and commended the president’s "deliberative" approach to combating ISIS.
Pelosi alluded to a vote later this week on the Title 10 authorization to fund training the Syrian opposition, though noted "Republicans control the time table."
