San Bernardino attack: Obama vows to overcome terror threat

US President Barack Obama has made an uncommon Oval Office address after the San Bernardino shootings that left 14 dead.


He said the killings were "a demonstration of terrorism intended to murder pure individuals".

In any case, "opportunity is more capable than trepidation," said President Obama, cautioning that falling prey to divisiveness in American culture would play under the control of fanatics.

He likewise said the US must make it harder for potential aggressors to acquire weapons.

Mr Obama pledged that the US would beat the developing danger of terrorism, however cautioned that Americans "can't betray each other by letting this battle be characterized as a war in the middle of America and Islam".

"In case we're to succeed in vanquishing terrorism, we must enroll Muslim groups as some of our most grounded associates, as opposed to push them away through suspicion and contempt," Mr Obama said.

He reminded his group of onlookers that Muslim-Americans were a piece of US society.

"Also, yes, they are our men and ladies in uniform why should willing bite the dust with regards to our nation. We need to recollect that," he said.

The president cautioned that betraying America's Muslim groups would be precisely what Islamist fanatics in the alleged Islamic State gathering need.