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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“I wear these glasses to give the impression of intellect.”
“Liberalism” has been with us since the time documented in Genesis 3.
“You will be as gods, knowing good and evil”
She needs to step away from the H opium bong.
Marie is determined to show that the US State Dept has a "Heart of Gold."
So Marie is gift-wrapping monogrammed Zippo lighters to send to the Islamic State.
Marie is attaching State Dept happy-face gift tags to each one.
Good idea !
This hipster chick is trying too hard to sound intelligent.
This woman is the poster child for Leftist thinking. She has been told, from the beginning, that she is smarter than everybody else and Progressivism is how smart people think. She has disdain for anyone who doesn’t agree with her. For decades, Big Media has been manipulating the masses with the ‘Democrats are smarter than Republicans’ meme. Remember when Hillary! said “we are going to do ‘it’ (anything and everything) smarter than the previous(GWB) Admin”. The LIVs believe her and every other Democrat. Even when the Democrat (Hillary!, Obama, Warren, Williams) is a proven liar.
Asked how she’s dealing with the criticism she has been receiving for her comments, Harf said, “I don’t read it.”
Sees, but doesn't read??? LOL! You can't make this stuff up.
She needs to step away from the Hopium bong.
Yeah, that’s what I want from somebody whose salary I help pay. Be a condescending twit.
Keep tellin’ yourself that honey.
“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.
"Remember,GeorgeAmerica, this is no time to go wobbly."
Margaret Thatcher, August 3, 1990"Our strategy to go after the Army is very, very simple. First we are going to cut it off, and then we're going to kill it."
General Colin L. Powell, USA
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
news conference, January 23, 1991"A line has been drawn in the sand...Withdraw from Kuwait unconditionally and immediately, or face the terrible consequences."
George Bush"Achieving our goals will require sacrifice and time, but we will prevail. Make no mistake about that."
George Bush, February 1, 1991"More than 200 ships from 13 nations conducted over 10,000 flawless intercepts, which formed a steel wall around the waters leading to Iraq. And these operations continue today. Thanks to these superb efferts not one cargo hold, not one crate, not even one pallet of seaborne contraband even touched Saddam Hussein's shores. The result: Iraq lost 90% of its imports, 100% of its exports, and had its gross national product cut in half."
“The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in battle.”
General Norman Schwarzkopf
Speech at U.S. Naval Academy, May 23, 1991“... Recalling back to Operation Desert Storm, I can't help asking myself: Wouldn't it be great for our armed forces and for America if we could have another commander-in-chief named George Bush with Dick Cheney on his team?”
General Norman Schwarzkopf
She is on the same page Neville Chamberlain was on when dealing with Hitler. She had drunk the kool-aid and thinks diplomacy will win against fanatics that want to return to the 7th Century.
She is good a spouting the talking points. The problem is that those talking points offer no solutions or positions for dealing with radical Islam.
Job training? Most of the radical leaders are from wealth. Obama and his officials don't like to mention the wealth aspect, because it interferes with the narrative.
Harf’s “jobs” comment, by far, was the single most brain-dead, idiotic statement I have ever heard coming out of the mouth of a Washington bureaucrat or politician . . . and I have heard huge barge loads of stupid comments coming out of Washington over the years.
Ain’t Affirmative Action wonderful.
Pray America is waking
Arrogant b*+©#.
Marie, you’re an idiot (nuanced enough for you?)
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