Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday urged House Republicans to avoid the drift toward isolationism that has gripped some elements of the GOP even in the midst of the rise of the Islamic State.

Cheney was critical of President Obama, telling a closed-door meeting of the House majority that the president’s failed policies in the Middle East helped facilitate the expansion of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and fuel other crises in the region and around the world. He questioned whether Obama would lay out a strategy capable of defeating ISIS and addressing other problems when he addresses the nation on Wednesday.