Bernie Sanders did:
- "Climate change is directly related to the growth of terrorism. And if we do not get our act together
and listen to what the scientists say ... you're going to see all kinds of international conflict."
Posted on 11/15/2015 2:42:08 AM PST by markomalley
Liberal commentator Peter Beinart offered a harsh critique of all the Democratic candidates’ answers on terrorism during the debate Saturday night, saying they did not offer any tangible solutions to defeating the Islamic State.
“I say this as a liberal, I would be concerned as a Democrat about the entire terrorism part of this debate,” Beinart said.
The crux of Beinart’s argument is that Republicans offer a clearer, more decisive vision for defeating the Islamic State than all three Democratic candidates.
“The Republican line, whatever you think about it, is very clear. It’s that we left Iraq, the terrorists filled a vacuum, we retreated from the world, now they are going after us,” Beinart said. “I would be darned to listen to all three of those candidates to discern a clear Democratic line of how you’re actually going to fight terrorism. They were very vague, very non-specific, and I think they have a lot of work to do.”
The candidates offered rhetoric that balanced having a strong tone on fighting terrorism, but also cautioning that the U.S. should not be at the forefront of the fight.
“It cannot be contained. It must be defeated,” Hillary Clinton said before later adding, “But this cannot be an American fight, although American leadership is essential.”
“This actually is America’s fight. It cannot solely be America’s fight,” former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said.
“The United States cannot do it alone,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) offered.
The liberal senator whose message focuses more on economic issues than foreign policy also stated climate change is a leading contributor to global terrorism.
“Climate change is directly related to the growth of terrorism,” Sanders said to CBS anchor John Dickerson. “If we do not get our act together and listen to what the scientists say, you’re going to see countries all over the world, and this is what the CIA says, they are going to be struggling over limited amounts of water, limited amounts of land to grow their crops, and you are going to see all sorts of international conflict.”
“I think if you are a voter at home, this is very frightening,” commentator S.E. Cupp said.
“If terrorism is going to be a major, major issue in this election, the polls show people trust Republicans on it. They are going to have to do better,” Beinart said.
ABC’s Rick Klein offered similar analysis:
“If the presidential race is turning toward foreign policy now, it may be Republicans who can offer crisper answers. None of the three Democrats would accept the concept of a war with “radical Islam”; all Republicans on a similar debate stage surely would.”
That’s because they all have that hand wringing, its all our fault, can’t we all just get along, coexist bs!
I do not recall if Sanders used jihadis -- he seemed more worked up about global warming flimflam.. but those there, candidates and employees of the MSM, who did say jihads will be walking-back (I think it's called) over the next few days. They'll be running away as usual IOW.
Post 9-11, Bush doctrine:
You are either with us or you are against us
_________________________________________________
Post Paris, Democrat doctrine:
You are either with us or we ain’t doin’ it.
God help us if we put another dem in office
Muslims are just doing the job of terrorizing the populace that the Left just won’t do anymore these days.
They are working together to destroy humanity and have been doing so since at least the collapse of the Ottoman Empire back in 1922.
They’re insane.
“The reason is that the Democrats support terrorism. It keeps the “little people” in check. If anyone disagrees with me, please prove me wrong.”
In 2000, after a number of shootings, the NRA was on their heels, trying to stop what looked to be an onslaught of new gun control. In what looked like a desperate move by the NRA, Wayne LaPierre (NRA president at the time) said this on Brinkley’s show:
“(President Clinton) needs a certain level of violence in this country”
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/14/us/clinton-and-gore-clash-with-nra-official-over-gun-control.html
He said it in the context that unless enough people are being killed with guns, then there will be no political support for increased gun control. Needless to say, the response was swift and immediate. Cookie Roberts, who was questioning him, literally STUTTERED trying to get her next sentence out (I had taped it and watched it several times), and everyone tried to pile on.
Their only problem was that the NRA was able to BACK IT UP, by pointing out that Janet Reno had killed a program in Richmond Virgina that was actually putting gun-crime felons in federal jail for years, where the locals simply did not prosecute. The Dems had no retort.
That’s how these things work. Whip people up into a frenzy of being terrorized and they will accept policies that wouldn’t otherwise stand a chance - like gun control. In the example above, the NRA NAILED THEM red-handed.
On foreign policy, and fighting bad guys of whatever brand nothing has ever changed from the begining of the Democrats 175 years ago.
So if "Climate Change" was fixed...(LOL)...our Islamic friends would love us and reject the tenets of their cult to kill all infidels...
Sanders is insane...
That's racist!
Heck, I'd be happy to see him suddenly 158 grains heavier.
one of the biggest questions should be Mommy’s out there,
Do you feel safer for your babies under Bernie or Hillary or under Trump or Cruz?
The snowflakes live as coddled and naive know-it-alls. As is the case with children, living is easy when someone else is paying the bills. I remember the reaction of most of America to the Kent State shootings, and most Americans were NOT sympathetic to the “children.” If the snowflakes go down revolutionary road again, Kent State will be repeated. Americans only take so much and the kids will be shocked at the backlash. One of the sweetest sounds in life is the howl of an obnoxious leftist who just got punched in the nose.
Word is that lazy shufflin’ bums are outraged at being compared to Obaaaaaaaaama.
The reason Hillary and Obama don’t want the term ‘radical Islam’ used is because they want that term - - ‘terrorists’ - - used against conservative Christians Americans too.
If you look at the Homeland Sucks videos, the majority of the so-called ‘terrorists’ are white middle class men who are Americans.
Did you hear Hillary talking about religious ‘extremists’ that’s the witch’s dog whistle for ‘traditional American Christians’...
I remember the day of the Kent state shootings. I was in a NCO club sipping beer in Arlington, VA. They broke into regular programming for the news bulletin.
Everyone, I mean everyone stood up, yelled and cheered. Respect for NG’s skyrocketed.
Under the current administration, nothing will be done to those students for that’s exactly what the dems want.
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