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Trump’s anti-terror call to ‘drive them out’ will actually make things worse 
NYDaily News ^ | May 22, 2017

Posted on 05/22/2017 7:23:14 PM PDT by SMGFan

President Trump's major speech in Saudi Arabia has garnered some praise from commentators relieved that he did not explicitly insult the assembled Islamic leaders. A great speech befitting an American President, however, it was not. In fact, it was an invitation to crack down on their opposition by claiming they are terrorists. It said nothing of American values, aside from our need for security from terrorists.

Trump's solution to terrorism was as simplistic as the phrase he repeated: "Drive them out." The more sophisticated Arab and other Islamic leaders in the assembly no doubt thought as they listened, "If only it were that easy." They would have reflected on the practical problems with which they have dealt for decades: the attractiveness of the terrorists' message to young and disaffected youth, the difficulty of creating an alternative path, the high unemployment of young men, and the lack of a counter ideology to that of Daesh (ISIS) and Al Qaeda.

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Posted by me in light of tonight's event.

Oh, Please! Too many believe this trash. God Bless President Trump.

1 posted on 05/22/2017 7:23:14 PM PDT by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

Amen

Fake News who would have let Germans roll into Paris


2 posted on 05/22/2017 7:24:31 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: SMGFan

Don’t Drive them out, roll them up and snuff them.


3 posted on 05/22/2017 7:26:02 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: SMGFan
The old refrain is that the speech was the catalyst in this attack. So be it! We will not back down or shut up.
4 posted on 05/22/2017 7:27:59 PM PDT by granite (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left - Ecc 10:2)
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To: SMGFan

....don’t panic...just because mooslem blow up kids....keep a level head...( as long as you can)...and above all,listen to us.


5 posted on 05/22/2017 7:28:34 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: SMGFan
What a nut job.
6 posted on 05/22/2017 7:28:43 PM PDT by NutsOnYew
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To: SMGFan
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Libs will be working overtime trying to deny what is going on...

7 posted on 05/22/2017 7:29:56 PM PDT by dragonblustar (I love reading Trump tweets in the morning.)
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To: Nifster

Too late. The Germans already did. I get your drift.


8 posted on 05/22/2017 7:30:34 PM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: SMGFan

This author is a fool whose policies
are partially responsible
for the dead and wounded SCORES
of children tonight in Manchester.


9 posted on 05/22/2017 7:31:51 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: SMGFan

“Too many believe this trash”

I don’t see the point of taking the time to post trash.


10 posted on 05/22/2017 7:34:33 PM PDT by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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To: SMGFan

Bizarre. The only way to deal with anyone with ISIS affiliation is annihilation. This is the epic battle of good vs evil.


11 posted on 05/22/2017 7:38:12 PM PDT by grania (only a pawn in their game)
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To: SMGFan

Sounds like there would be blowback for taking such action.

Aren’t the libtards upset when there is blowback against innocent peoples?

Screw anti-West Dummycrats.


12 posted on 05/22/2017 7:39:38 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
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To: SMGFan

Sounds just like something Obama would say.


13 posted on 05/22/2017 7:40:48 PM PDT by TruthFactor (Hang em', Hang em' High.)
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To: Paladin2

Party like it’s 732.


14 posted on 05/22/2017 7:43:57 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: SMGFan

It will be infinitely worse for terrorists.


15 posted on 05/22/2017 7:44:01 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Progressivism is 2 year olds in a poop fight.)
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To: SMGFan

If your goal is to destroy liberty, terrorism helps you achieve that goal.

When elected leaders say that the citizens must go about their business as usual to show that the terrorists are not winning, they are saying that there is an acceptable level of terrorism. There will be more attacks and they are not going to change their policies to try to prevent additional attacks (ie, the fight to stop the temporary travel ban).

To bring this to a head, the citizens need to do the opposite, stop going to public venues, arenas, malls etc. and let the elected officials know that their policies are not working and there is no acceptable level of terrorism, it must be eradicated.

When businesses suffer, they will join the fight to change policies to prevent future attacks.


16 posted on 05/22/2017 7:52:53 PM PDT by joshua c (Cut the cord! Don't pay for the rope they hang you with.)
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To: SMGFan

It’s time to drive these bitch ass liberals out along with their muslim buddies.

Enough.


17 posted on 05/22/2017 7:53:40 PM PDT by chris37 (Donald J. Trump, Tom Brady, The Patriots... American Destiny!)
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To: SMGFan

Would it be correct to say that corruption creates terrorism then?


18 posted on 05/22/2017 8:12:17 PM PDT by semaj (Audentes fortuna juvat: Fortune favors the bold. Be Bold FRiends.)
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Sure, let us keep the uncivilized in, they just need jobs, not to care about who they live with. What a recipe for getting respect.


19 posted on 05/22/2017 8:18:09 PM PDT by lavaroise
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If only Osama bin Laden had been given the opportunity for a good education and a job, he would not have started this reign of terror/s


20 posted on 05/22/2017 8:20:30 PM PDT by Shark24
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