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Obama: Don't grant terrorists legitimacy by labeling them Islamic
CBS ^ | 02/18/2015 | Jake Miller/CBS

Posted on 02/18/2015 2:31:01 PM PST by Responsibility2nd

President Obama offered an extended defense of his approach to countering violent extremism on Wednesday, saying those who have criticized his administration's reluctance to single out the threat specifically posed by Muslim extremists are in danger of offering extremists the kind of legitimacy they crave.

"Al Qaeda, ISIL, and groups like it, are desperate for legitimacy," he said. "We must never accept the premise that they put forward, because it is a lie. Nor should we grand these terrorists the religious legitimacy that they seek. They are not religious leaders, they are terrorists.

"We are not at war with Islam," he added. "We are at war with people who have perverted Islam."

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To: goldstategop

Exactly. Peasceful Muzzies are the Trojan Horse that brings hell to everyone else.


61 posted on 02/18/2015 3:18:56 PM PST by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: Responsibility2nd
"We are not at war with Islam,"

And therein lies the problem -- for Islam is most certainly at war with us.

62 posted on 02/18/2015 3:25:07 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
This is actually a lot like what we went through with Communism. The Enemy always had fellow travelers in this country. They dominated FDR's administration. Henry Wallace, for example. Here was a highly placed official who fell all over himself before, during and after WWII to apologize for Stalin. He was at least an admirer of the USSR, maybe he was even a Communist himself. FDR himself was an admirer of the USSR.

History is repeating itself. Now we have a President who admires Islam - maybe even is a Muslim himself. Like Communism, Islam is a totalitarian ideology. Obama is obviously using his position to blunt our response to militant Islam in any way he can.

The one thing they all have in common is their allegiance to the Democratic Party.

We survived subversion of the ideologues around FDR and later those who cut the legs out from under our military during Vietnam, fought tooth and nail Star Wars, placing of missiles in Germany under Reagan.

That stuff went on for decades.

Are we in for another few decades of the same but now substituting Islam for Communism?

Will we survive it this time?

63 posted on 02/18/2015 3:33:28 PM PST by Gluteus Maximus
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To: Responsibility2nd

Dont grant obama legitimacy by labeling him “president”


64 posted on 02/18/2015 3:36:30 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: TexasRepublic

Franklin Graham has it right. You don’t get any “purer” Islam than Mohammad himself. And what did he do?

Somebody needs to ask Obama if Mohammad perverted Islam too.


65 posted on 02/18/2015 3:37:28 PM PST by butterdezillion (Note to self : put this between arrow keys: img src=""/ g g)
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To: corlorde

66 posted on 02/18/2015 3:39:11 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

>>”We are not at war with Islam,” he added. “We are at war with people who have perverted Islam.”

Stupid, stupid little Marxist, affirmative-action pResident....go read your Koran. They are following Mohammed to the letter. The so-called “moderates” are just the Episcopals of Islam.


67 posted on 02/18/2015 3:41:14 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Huh??


68 posted on 02/18/2015 3:43:11 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

If Islam isn’t the problem, Barry, then why did Islamists worldwide dance in the streets on 9/11?

If you can answer that in 100 words or less without stammering, “um”-ing, or stumping, then we’ll talk.


69 posted on 02/18/2015 3:43:35 PM PST by TheZMan (Buy more ammo.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
I would believe the Sunni-In-Chief on this, being as how he's a Muslim, and in a position to speak authoritatively about Islam.

Of course, then there's that whole "lying to the unbelievers" (taqiyya) thingee, which the Muslim-In-Chief is probably doing, also...

70 posted on 02/18/2015 3:43:49 PM PST by kiryandil (making the jests that some FReepers aren't allowed to...)
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To: MeshugeMikey
Hey, don't be hatin' on The muslim brO, Meshuge...
71 posted on 02/18/2015 3:46:41 PM PST by kiryandil (making the jests that some FReepers aren't allowed to...)
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To: Responsibility2nd
"We are not at war with Islam," he added. "We are at war with people who have perverted Islam."

Bush agrees with Obama, Islam is a religion of peace.

72 posted on 02/18/2015 3:49:24 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: kiryandil
hey that was my Tribute...to Imam Obie!!......




73 posted on 02/18/2015 3:50:18 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“At the National Day of Prayer Breakfast President Obama condemned recent acts of violence by people he said “seek to hijack religion for their own murderous ends.”
And just what religion is he referring to???”

This moron would have you believe that this is a war between “all the religious people” and “the atheists!”


74 posted on 02/18/2015 3:53:06 PM PST by vette6387
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To: MeshugeMikey
LOL!

May pig feces be upon Imam Obie's name...

75 posted on 02/18/2015 3:53:21 PM PST by kiryandil (making the jests that some FReepers aren't allowed to...)
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To: kiryandil

Whizz Be upon Him!...


76 posted on 02/18/2015 3:56:06 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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"OH, and Death to America!"


77 posted on 02/18/2015 3:58:37 PM PST by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: TBP

Best line yet.


78 posted on 02/18/2015 3:59:30 PM PST by firebrand
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To: BenLurkin

Excellent.


79 posted on 02/18/2015 4:04:14 PM PST by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Islam is a religion of peace. Bush said so!


80 posted on 02/18/2015 4:06:48 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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