Posted on 02/17/2015 6:46:46 PM PST by raybbr
Wolf Blitzer invited Marie Harf on CNN’s Situation Room this afternoon. Blitzer sought her out to expand on her remarks on the administration’s approach to dealing with the Islamic State terrorists. Harf thinks that we must attack old-fashioned “root causes” of the material kind. Harf is promoting Great Society liberalism as the answer to “violent extremism.”
Great Society liberalism couldn’t even cut it in the United States with more limited (if still ambitious) goals. Touting the rollout of Great Society liberalism worldwide as the answer to religious fanaticism betrays a mind-boggling stupidity.
Jobs programs don’t quite cut it when you’re in the 72 virgins business. This is where the administration’s comprehensive denial of the motive forces driving the terrorists is key. They aren’t looking for work. They aren’t looking to get rich. They aren’t looking for daycare programs. They’ve got something else on their mind, something else that is taboo to speak of in the higher reaches of the Obama administration.
“I’m not the first person to say something like this,” Harf said this afternoon. “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.”
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The Valley Girl had to say that — she just learned the word “nuanced” and wanted to show it off.
Marie Harfwit.
Yeah, the glasses are quite unflattering.
She’s promoting : POORAPHOBIA; Advocating that the poor can be or could be terrorist......
New word, new lexicon : POORAPHOBIA BY THE LEFT, advocating that the poor could be or can be terrorist.
HOW???
No, its just stupidity.
Fair chance we crossed paths back in the day.
“She graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with BA in Political Science, and earned an MA in Foreign Affairs from University of Virginia.”
“HOW???”
Rather easily.
Does liberal nuanced mean 50 shades of dumb ?
I’m surprised she could even get into college, let alone graduate. She’s a moron.
Excellent fodder for modern academia.
“Nuanced” huh? That’s a word that Lurch uses often. Ya think he trained her , maybe?
“not had a Noble State department...” I don’t recall mentioning a specific state department. But, I wouldn’t include Wilson’s as one. Maybe T. Roosevelt’s.
The glasses look like a theatrical prop, to my eye.
Given the administrations predilections to DRAMATIC Theatrics they’re sort of fitting..
they may be intended to make her look smart..but they make my eyes smart
That “poster” leaves little room for any ambiguity.
Did you know that Barack means He Who Has Jumped the Shark...in Swahili?
Sure add that to my list of what hasn’t worked in America to reduce the levels of urban violence/acts of terrorism.
Maybe the current summit to prevent violent extremism can add our list.
Sure add that to my list of what hasn’t worked in America to reduce the levels of urban violence/acts of terrorism.
Maybe the current summit to prevent violent extremism can add our list.
Sure add that to my list of what hasn’t worked in America to reduce the levels of urban violence/acts of terrorism.
Maybe the current summit to prevent violent extremism can add our list.
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