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Marie Harf to Critics: Maybe My Comments Were ‘Too Nuanced’ for You
Mediaite ^ | February 17, 2015 | Matt Wilstein

Posted on 02/18/2015 5:36:26 AM PST by maggief

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Tonight, she joined Wolf Blitzer on CNN’s The Situation Room and attempted to clarify her point.

“I’m not the first person to say something like this,” Harf said. “Military commanders that we’ve had throughout many years here fighting this war on terrorism have said the exact same thing, that in the short term when there’s a threat like ISIL. We’ll take direct military action against these terrorists. We have done that. We are doing that in Iraq and Syria. But longer term, we have to look at how we combat the conditions that can lead people to turn to extremism.”

“So you suggested that maybe if you find these young men jobs, they might not become terrorists?” Blitzer asked, echoing her critics, prompting Harf to call his statement a “gross oversimplification.”

“We cannot kill every terrorist around the world, nor should we try,” Harf said later. “How do you get at the root causes of this? It might be too nuanced an argument for some, like I’ve seen over the last 24 hours some of the commentary out there, but it’s really the smart way that Democrats, Republicans, our partners in the Arab world think we need to combat it.”

Asked how she’s dealing with the criticism she has been receiving for her comments, Harf said, “I don’t read it.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arrogantbitch; cnn; harf; josephkony; kenyanbornmuzzie; marieharf; situationroom; waronterror; wolfblitzer
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1 posted on 02/18/2015 5:36:26 AM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

She needs to have someone read the definition of nuance to her.


2 posted on 02/18/2015 5:37:02 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: maggief

3 posted on 02/18/2015 5:37:46 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: maggief

She’s harf-a**ed.


4 posted on 02/18/2015 5:38:48 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (At no time was the Obama administration aware of what the Obama administration was doing)
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To: maggief

Clueless and brainless.


5 posted on 02/18/2015 5:42:11 AM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: WayneS

John eFfing Kerry can read the definition to her. He knows all about nuance.


6 posted on 02/18/2015 5:42:25 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: maggief

Does anyone have Harf’s eMail address?

I have looked everywhere but am unable to find it.


7 posted on 02/18/2015 5:43:08 AM PST by BobNative
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To: maggief

Maybe she is too ignorant, too democrat, to be in any position of responsibility.

Ignorant progressive slut.


8 posted on 02/18/2015 5:44:01 AM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: maggief

Marie, may I suggest you and this administration stop nuancing........be direct, say what you mean, instead of making us illiterates read between the lines. You and your caliphate are ISLAMIC sympathizers, which is something you can’t say, so you NUANCE.


9 posted on 02/18/2015 5:44:58 AM PST by Toespi
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To: RJS1950

She’s a three hole, hit it and quit it.


10 posted on 02/18/2015 5:46:16 AM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: maggief

I agree with her! And it’s my opinion that this fine lady go over to the Middle East where she can promote a jobs program to the leaders of ISIL.


11 posted on 02/18/2015 5:47:55 AM PST by navymom1
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To: maggief

“We cannot kill every terrorist around the world, nor should we try,” Harf said.

We killed enough Nazis 70 years ago to end Nazism. Muslims killed enough Christians and Jews over the past 1,500 years to wipe out those religions across a huge swath of Eastern Europe, Middle East, Levant, Northern Africa, and Iberia. The Muslims were thrown out of only small portions of their conquered lands.

Of course we can kill every terrorist. You just won’t do it with the chief terrorist enabler and proponent / Jew-hater muslim in the White House.


12 posted on 02/18/2015 5:48:48 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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To: maggief
She's like an SNL character.


13 posted on 02/18/2015 5:49:00 AM PST by petercooper ("How To Destroy The Country In 6 Short Years" by Barack Obama & the Democrats)
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To: Toespi

“I don’t read it” Well then why were you on Blitzer’s show to explain it away?


14 posted on 02/18/2015 5:51:07 AM PST by DAC21
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To: maggief

I assert that marie is projecting her worldview onto a part of the world that doesnt see you world like she does.

In the us, poverty may be a significant component of trouble. But that particular characteristic does not transfer to all other cultures.

Indeed the majority of the muslim rodents do not come from poverty (the way we define it) or one parent households.

They’re just different. They just want to kill us because we’re not muslim and don’t wanna be.


15 posted on 02/18/2015 5:53:08 AM PST by Principled (Government Slowdown using the budget process!)
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16 posted on 02/18/2015 5:54:34 AM PST by Iron Munro (Mark Steyn: “fundamentally transformed” is a euphemism for “wrecked beyond repair.”)
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To: BobNative

I only found a phone directory and an online contact us form.

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/112065.pdf

http://www.state.gov/contact/


17 posted on 02/18/2015 5:54:37 AM PST by maggief
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https://twitter.com/marieharf/status/567846737144123392


18 posted on 02/18/2015 5:56:30 AM PST by maggief
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... if you find these young men jobs, they might not become terrorists
Add in Hitlery's comment that we have to "understand" terrorists and you have the Liberal philosophy for ending violence in the inner cities.
Incredible that despite 50 years of failure, Liberalism is still taken seriously.
19 posted on 02/18/2015 5:58:30 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: maggief

Harf/barf alert.

CC


20 posted on 02/18/2015 5:59:37 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (Cogito ergo non liberalo: I think, therefore I'm not a Democrat)
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