Obama admits 'small IS victories' may mean prolonged US engagement in Middle East

While warning the Islamic State (IS) that they may be amassing some quick victories but the United States' "reach is long," President Barack Obama admitted that these victories may mean that the nation's engagement there will be prolonged.

Obama warned the IS that if they threaten America, they will have no safe haven and the U.S. will get them, just like the "petty tyrants and terrorists" before them, reported the CNN.

He also said that the U.S.-led coalition was "hammering" the militants by taking out their supply chains and disrupting the network's command structure.

We have blunted their momentum and put them on the defensive, Obama said.

He flew to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, near Trenton, to offer his thanks to U.S. military personnel, many of whom have served in combat zones.