2016 Postmortem

NWCorona

(8,541 posts) Fri Jul 15, 2016, 09:40 AM Jul 2016

Hillary Clinton: U.S. is at "war" against "radical jihadist" groups

"Hillary Clinton said she views the battle against terrorism as a “war” against “radical jihadist” groups, in the aftermath of a Bastille Day attack in Nice, France.
In her first interview in the past eight years on Fox News’s O’Reilly Factor program, Clinton also called for an intelligence surge between the U.S. and its closest allies and “strong, tough diplomacy.”
“We've got to do more to understand that this is a war against these terrorist groups, the radical jihadist groups,” Clinton told O’Reilly.
Clinton responded after an attack that killed more than 80 people Thursday night after a truck filled with grenades and weapons plowed through throngs of people in the resort town.

“As we take territory back from ISIS forces they will try to engage in other terrorist attacks,” said Clinton.
She also called in to CNN with the same message."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/07/14/hillary-clinton-us-war-against-radical-jihadist-groups/87113804/

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Hillary Clinton: U.S. is at "war" against "radical jihadist" groups (Original Post) NWCorona Jul 2016 OP

She is absolutely right. auntpurl Jul 2016 #1

We are at war. And it does appear to be with radical jihadist groups. JaneyVee Jul 2016 #2

You want somebody that would fight ISIS in a way that somebody makes lots of money? Elect Trump. tonyt53 Jul 2016 #3

If this turns out to be a self-radicalized attack by one person, I am not sure what can be done to still_one Jul 2016 #4

Not much unfortunately NWCorona Jul 2016 #5

The headline makes it sound like ... GeorgeGist Jul 2016 #6

Can there be moderates? I've never really understood the term NWCorona Jul 2016 #7

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)

1. She is absolutely right.

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Fri Jul 15, 2016, 09:43 AM

Jul 2016

I'm glad to hear Hillary using strong, unambiguous language regarding these terrorist groups. These people cannot be reasoned with - diplomacy is not an option.

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)

2. We are at war. And it does appear to be with radical jihadist groups.

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Fri Jul 15, 2016, 09:55 AM

Jul 2016

Hillary stating the obvious here.

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)

3. You want somebody that would fight ISIS in a way that somebody makes lots of money? Elect Trump.

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Fri Jul 15, 2016, 09:56 AM

Jul 2016

You want somebody that will rip out the heart and soul of ISIS and other terrorist groups in the most effective wand quickest way? Elect Hillary Clinton. When she is calling the shots, things will get nasty very quickly for with ISIS and other groups.

still_one

(98,883 posts)

4. If this turns out to be a self-radicalized attack by one person, I am not sure what can be done to

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Fri Jul 15, 2016, 09:57 AM

Jul 2016

stop that

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)

5. Not much unfortunately

Reply to still_one (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 15, 2016, 10:07 AM

Jul 2016

GeorgeGist

(25,570 posts)

6. The headline makes it sound like ...

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Fri Jul 15, 2016, 02:25 PM

Jul 2016

there are middle-of-the-road jihadists.

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)

7. Can there be moderates? I've never really understood the term

Reply to GeorgeGist (Reply #6)

Fri Jul 15, 2016, 02:32 PM

Jul 2016

It's not like I'm gonna Google the definition tho lol!

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