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U.S. State Dept. Rejects Netanyahu’s Mideast Diagnosis
FrontPage Mag ^ | 10/01/2014 | Arnold Ahlert

Posted on 10/01/2014 8:31:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

In yet another tragic indication of Obama administration’s ideological obstinance, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki indicated that Israel and the United States are not on the same page regarding the scope of Islamic terror.

The rift centers around Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the U.N. on Monday, during which he insisted that terrorist groups such as ISIS, Hamas, the Iranian regime, Hezbollah, al-Qaeda and Boko Haram share the same vision. “Some are radical Sunnis, some are radical Shi’ites,” he explained.

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. 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. For them, anyone can be an infidel, including fellow Muslims.

Such a no-holds-barred assessment of the threat was too much for the White House. When Psaki was asked if they agreed with Netanyahu’s argument, her answer was distressingly clear. “We would not agree with that characterization, no,” she replied. Pressed on Netanyahu’s contention that ISIS and Hamas are cut from the same cloth, Psaki once again balked. She conceded that both groups are U.S.-designated terrorist organizations, but insisted that ISIS “poses a different threat to Western interests and to the United States. And that’s just a fact.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bibi; israel; middleeast; netanyahu; netanyahuunspeech; statedepartment; terrorism
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1 posted on 10/01/2014 8:31:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I choose to believe Netanyahu.

The State Department is the U.S. bureaucracy’s version of the Titanic and the very definition of a ship of fools.


2 posted on 10/01/2014 8:33:15 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: SeekAndFind

LOL, US State Department ,why not just ask ISIS


3 posted on 10/01/2014 8:33:22 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: SeekAndFind

We already knew that, Jen!


4 posted on 10/01/2014 8:33:54 AM PDT by notaliberal (St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle,)
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To: SeekAndFind

Bibi’s not going to pledge the State Department sorority, that’s for sure.


5 posted on 10/01/2014 8:33:59 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: Da Coyote
I choose to believe Netanyahu.

Who has more gravitas, Bibi or Jen Psaki? I'm laughing as I type...

6 posted on 10/01/2014 8:35:05 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: SeekAndFind

That is because the state dept. is stupid, ignorant and corrupt.


7 posted on 10/01/2014 8:36:06 AM PDT by mulligan (I)
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To: SeekAndFind
The US State Dept?

lol

8 posted on 10/01/2014 8:38:24 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: SeekAndFind

Kind of makes a person chuckle when you hear brain addled teenage type idiots like Marie Harf and Jan Psucki criticize Netanyahu.


9 posted on 10/01/2014 8:39:29 AM PDT by dforest
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To: mulligan

Don’t forget naive, gullible, lazy, cowardly, and simple minded.


10 posted on 10/01/2014 8:39:54 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: SeekAndFind

We can’t even protect the Whitehouse...


11 posted on 10/01/2014 8:40:03 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: SeekAndFind

We must fire the Democrats. Fire as many of them as we can beginning November elections. They have proven beyond a doubt they will not represent the Constitution of this country as they claimed when they took the oath of office, therefore they will not represent the interests of we the people.

Then we go for the RINO’s.


12 posted on 10/01/2014 8:41:37 AM PDT by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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RE: We must fire the Democrats. Fire as many of them as we can beginning November elections.

Very hard to do that when many FReepers insist that their GOP opponents must pass the conservative purity test.

If enough people think like this and stay home, the firings will never happen.


13 posted on 10/01/2014 8:43:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Not on the same page....

Of course not. Øbama is an enemy islamist.


14 posted on 10/01/2014 8:48:26 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: SeekAndFind

“...trigger the apocalyptic return of an imam from the 9th century...”

Oh ... well ! THERE’S where Bibi went wrong.

He used a big word, that has 5 syllables.... of course, “O” ain’t gonna agree!

He doesn’t KNOW what that means!!!!


15 posted on 10/01/2014 8:50:00 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: rockinqsranch
We must fire the Democrats. Fire as many of them as we can beginning November elections. They have proven beyond a doubt they will not represent the Constitution of this country as they claimed when they took the oath of office, therefore they will not represent the interests of we the people.
Then we go for the RINO’s.

Yes.

16 posted on 10/01/2014 8:50:17 AM PDT by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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To: Da Coyote
Yes, Netanyahu summarized the situation very nicely and clearly.
Our strategy should be to put a quarantine 'curtain' around the muslim middle-east, protect the countries outside that pale, including Israel, and just let the crazies inside the pale fight it out to the death.
17 posted on 10/01/2014 8:50:39 AM PDT by expat2
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To: SeekAndFind
"and the United States are not on the same page regarding the scope of Islamic terror."

Yeah, 0bama wants more.

18 posted on 10/01/2014 8:50:56 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (When Amnesty was granted 30 years ago, they promised to close the borders and enforce the law)
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To: SeekAndFind

You’re so right


19 posted on 10/01/2014 8:51:03 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: SeekAndFind

Pretty tough decision as to who to believe on this:

Netanyahu, who cares for the safety and liberty of the Citizens of Israel or

Obama, who cares more about the rights of terrorists than the Citizens of the US.


20 posted on 10/01/2014 8:53:50 AM PDT by eyeamok
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