'We are going to be able to not just blunt the momentum of ISIL, we are going to systematically degrade their capabilities, we're gonna shrink the territory that they control, and ultimately, we're gonna defeat them,' Obama said in an interview for NBC's Meet the Press on Saturday.The president said he would meet with lawmakers on Tuesday to give them the opportunity to weigh in on his plans before making a formal announcement the following day.In previewing his strategy to NBC, Obama acknowledged that there would be a military component to taking down the religious extremists and it would 'require some resources ... above what we are currently doing.'But the Commander in Chief swore he was taking the country to war.'I'm preparing the country to make sure that we deal with a threat from ISIL,' he said.'This is not going to be an announcement on about U. S. ground troops,' he promised. 'This is not the equivalent of the Iraq war.' 'The notion that the United States should be putting boots on the ground would be a profound mistake,' Obama NBC.The U.S. does not have the resources to 'serially occupy various countries all around the Middle East,' he said.'And at some point we leave, and then things blow up again,' he added. 'So we've got to have a more sustainable strategy.'The boots on the ground have to be Iraqi. And in Syria, the boots on the ground have to be Syrian,' he said.The president said other countries in the Middle East, namely Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, also need to lend a helping hand in Iraq.After speaking to other world leaders at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit last week, Obama said he feels confident there's a broad coalition of countries both regionally and internationally who are willing to play a role in the fight against ISIS.Without going into detail about his own plans, Obama indicated that the U.S. would be helping Kurdish forces come up with a plan to reclaim the territory ISIS has taken over in Iraq.'There's going to be an economic element to this. There's going to be a political element to it. There's going to be a military element to it,' Obama said of his blueprint for victory.(dailymail.co.uk)Bakudaily.Az