Fox Host to WH Spox: People With Shrapnel in Their Shoulders Dont Think This Is a Narrative Battle
MACCALLUM: You mentioned earlier today you believe its a narrative battle were fighting. I think that for people who have shrapnel in their shoulders this morningthey might have a hard time accepting thatthat it is a narrative battle were fighting against ISIS. Explain what you meant by that?
EARNEST: I meant very specifically, Martha, were taking fight to them on the ground in Iraq and Syria. The president has organized an international coalition5,000 airstrikes in Iraq and Syria last couple years. What is important in the context of political debate is to remember ISIL is trying to assert a narrative, that they represent the religion of Islam in a war against the west and in a war against the United States. That is mythology. That is falsehood. That is not true. That is bankrupt ideology they are trying to wrap in the cloak of Islam. And to suggest that somehow we should treat Muslims differently or suspect them as terrorists just because of their religion
MACCALLUM: Nobody is talking about that.
EARNEST: We certainly have heard that inflammatory rhetoric from Republicans.
MACCALLUM: Were not talking about that here.
EARNEST: This is the context that I was asked the question about the ISIL narrative earlier today. it is important we dont play into the narrative. Too many Republicans are willing to do
MACCALLUM: This is the ISIS narrative. This is what they said in their recent publication. ISIS states that disbelievers should be slain wherever they may be. This includes the businessman riding to work in the taxi cab, young adults in engaged in sports activities in park, the old men waiting in line and buying a sandwich, striking terror into the hearts of all non-believers, Muslims and non-Muslims is the Muslim duty. So what people have a hard time with you knowyou have to take them at their word they mean to do what they say because we see it happening here in the United States. So, it feels sometimes like the White House doesnt like to make the connection between those two things. Is that wrong?
EARNEST: Well I think weve been quite clear. The president has demonstrated, you dont have to take my word for it. The president demonstrated seriousness, which he has taken this fight to ISIL.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaannnd we're done.
Obama wins! Yay! Obama! Nothing more need be said or done. Problem solved.
Well thank God the president has demonstrated seriousness about the narrative fight. Ppffttt...
This appears to be the result of higher education. All theory, no experience. All intellect, no thought.