Posted on 09/30/2014 4:30:06 PM PDT by markomalley
The Obama administration does not share Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s view that the forces of militant Islam, whether Sunni or Shi’ite, have in common an ultimate goal “to dominate the world,” a State Department spokeswoman said Monday.
In a hard-hitting speech at the United Nations, the Israeli leader said that entities such as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS/ISIL), Hamas, the Iranian regime, Hezbollah, al-Qaeda and Boko Haram share that eventual goal.
Jen Psaki was asked at the State Department daily briefing later whether the administration agreed with Netanyahu’s argument that those various groups “are all part of the same kind of militant Muslim – Islamic attempt to rule the world.”
“We would not agree with that characterization, no,” she replied.
Asked about Netanyahu’s specific correlation of ISIS and Hamas, Psaki said that while both were U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organizations, ISIS “poses a different threat to Western interests and to the United States. And that’s just a fact.”
“We don’t believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu or anyone else from Israel is suggesting that the United States launch a military campaign against Hamas, so we certainly – they are both designated terrorist organizations under the United States designations, but certainly we see differences in terms of the threat and otherwise.”
In his speech, Netanyahu said, “You know the famous American saying, ‘All politics is local.’ For the militant Islamists, ‘All politics is global.’ Because their ultimate goal is to dominate the world.”
He said many of the countries supporting the effort against ISIS now, opposed Israel for confronting Hamas just weeks ago.
“They evidently don’t understand that ISIS and Hamas are branches of the same poisonous tree,” he said. “ISIS and Hamas share a fanatical creed, which they both seek to impose well beyond the territory under their control.”
Beyond Hamas’ immediate goal to destroy Israel, as laid out in its charter, Netanyahu said, it’s broader objective was also the creation of a caliphate.
“Hamas shares the global ambitions of its fellow militant Islamists. That’s why its supporters wildly cheered in the streets of Gaza as thousands of Americans were murdered on 9/11. And that’s why its leaders condemned the United States for killing Osama bin Laden, whom they praised as a holy warrior. So when it comes to their ultimate goals, Hamas is ISIS and ISIS is Hamas.”
He went on to say that both ISIS and Hamas also had in common what “all militant Islamists share in common,” whether al-Qaeda and its various affiliates, Boko Haram in Nigeria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, al-Shabaab in Somalia, al-Nusra in Syria or the Mahdi Army in Iraq.
“Some are radical Sunnis, some are radical Shi’ites. Some want to restore a pre-medieval caliphate from the 7th century, others want to trigger the apocalyptic return of an imam from the 9th century. They operate in different lands, they target different victims – and they even kill each other in their quest for supremacy,” Netanyahu said.
“But they all share a fanatic ideology. They all seek to create ever expanding enclaves of militant Islam where there is no freedom and no tolerance – where women are treated as chattel, Christians are decimated, and minorities are subjugated, sometimes given the stark choice: convert or die.”
Netanyahu turned to Iran, highlighting its involvement in terrorism around the world in recent years, accusing President Hasan Rouhani of “doublespeak” and warning against any negotiated deal with Tehran that would leave intact its “nuclear military facilities.”
“To defeat ISIS and leave Iran as a threshold nuclear power is to win the battle and lose the war.”
Psaki said later Monday that the U.S. was confronting both the ISIS threat and the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran “because we feel both are important.”
We are lead by those who are willfully blind and stupid.
The State Dept IQ sum comes to almost room temp.
Where do you think all our STEM flunk outs go?
Pay no attention to the barbarian hordes at the gate.
I don’t care what they want to call themselves. They are ALL enemy islamists. Or so-called President would like to be caliph over there too. But they’d cut his throat.
Jen Pissaki: I knew it had to be one of the Valley Girls that speak for the State Department.
Gee... what a relief...
I'm so glad we "feel" nuclear-armed Iran is important...
Liberals "feel"
What if they just don't "feel" like it, say tomorrow...?
Maybe that day is a bad hair day, that time of the month, bloated feeling, boyfriend dumped you, caught a bad cases of herpes...
And ....as if the US is actually confronting Iran...
I’ll take Bibi’s word over that of the bunglers of Benghazi any day and every day.
Psaki and Harf are the “Pigeon Sisters” of the State Dept.
Two bird-brains for sure.
Israel is right, State Dept is wrong. The muzzies have been trying to take over the world since 700 AD.
George ‘Islam is a Religion of peace’ Bush would say the same thing.
Birds of a feather flock together. Our sta dept has needed a good housecleaning for a long time. Rushing to defend the overseas islamonazis reveals (in spades) the problem in Washington, D.C., especially when no statement was needed or called for, and particularly when the statement is patently false and even absurd on its face. Just gotta defend those overseas islamonazis no matter what. (Please pray for America)
“Odd Couple” bump!!!
I think that militant Islam will be totally satisfied to regain the lands they lost in the near past. When they regain Spain and finally take Vienna Austria, along with Rome and all of southern Italy, then they will stop their war against the infidel. Don’t you think?
how can they agree that islam state is trying to take over the world when their boss says they are not muslims?
He won’t even admit who the enemy is.
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Of course not. That's why they leave the doors open at the White House. Like Motel 6. Or seven, whatever that commercial is.
The entire Obama Adminstration is a pack of liars
Like him claiming it was “highly unlikely” that Ebola would travel to US from Africa. It was highly likely, in reality because BamBam did not stop flights from highly infected areas of Africa and did piss poor checking for the virus in passengers.
You are soooo right, ZULU, they are a pack of liars.
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