Posted on 02/19/2015 11:22:17 AM PST by Jim Robinson
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — In the fight against violent extremism, President Barack Obama argues the U.S. has one thing going for it that Europe doesn’t: a long tradition of warmly embracing its immigrants, including Muslims.
With the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria spreading and terrorists gaining strength in the Mideast and Africa, Obama has sought to use this week’s White House summit on violent extremism to urge the world to broaden its response far beyond military interventions. U.S. airstrikes have managed to blunt some of the militants’ gains in Iraq and Syria, but they don’t address the extreme ideologies that underpin deadly groups such as ISIS, al-Shabab and Boko Haram.
During the summit’s closing session Thursday at the State Department, Obama urged delegates from 65 countries to “confront the warped ideology” espoused by terror groups, particularly efforts to use Islam to justify violence.
“These terrorists are desperate for legitimacy and all us have a responsibility to refute the notion that groups like ISIL somehow represent Islam, because that is a falsehood that embraces the terrorist narrative,” Obama said, using an acronym to refer to ISIS.
The president urged Arab nations in particular to take steps to quell sectarian violence and boost economic and educational opportunities that could provide young people in particular options beyond joining terror groups.
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Nothing will “legitimatize” the Muslim terrorists more than “addressing their ‘grievances’”
Which is exactly what the Obamunists want to do.
Kerry is in the same class as Hanoi Jane Fonda.
Take them Wind Surfing ?
John F’n Kerry says it’s all silly (the beheading, burning alive, crucifixion, rape, torture, murder, etc). Thank God for Free Republic and the Swift Boat crew. This f’n idiot was this || close to the presidency in 2004. He and Obama are nothing but traitors.
Obama is setting the table to give billions to terrorists.
They wouldn’t be terrorists if they only had healthly lunches. Send then Michelle’s lunch program.
It’ll either kill them or so enrage them that we have no choice but to wipe the out.
This is a breathtaking lie. Europe has been packing itself with so many muslilm immigrents for the last 50 years that they make up a substantial portion of its population. A segment that has caused them innumerable troubles and leech off their welfare programs much more than they return in taxes. They are an absolute cancer in every host they invade.
This denial is setting these PC bastards up for riots if anything happens in this country to our people.
Yes, a very silly debate from your organization and its silly little employees.
That should read: White House vomit silent on extremism
Good plan.
Midnight buzkashi.
The only “embrace” a terrorist needs is a final kick in the ass when you bury him!
The answer is jobs for jihadists (redistribution of Wealth)
The answer for immigration is “ “ “
The answer for global warming is “ “ “
You ask for the solution to a problem from the leftists and GOPe, there is your answer.
Obama Summit ,LOL , just wait until you hear how much money he’s giving his Community Organizers friends that attended
And those were just 4 silly planes on 9-11 and 19 silly “students”.
Kerry is just SO sophisticated and we are all just so silly Worrying about all this nonsense...
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