Marie Harf Wrote Thesis on How Conservative Support for Israel Complicates US Foreign Policy

The Daily Caller ^ | February 19, 2015 | Patrick Howley

[2ndDivisionVet]

State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf wrote her college honors thesis on “how conservative evangelical support for Israel complicates U.S. foreign policy,” according to Indiana University records.

Harf’s thesis further illustrates the collegiate thinking in an Obama administration that has alienated a key American ally in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Harf, 33, previously worked on Obama’s 2012 campaign.

Harf’s Indiana University honors political science professor said that Harf did not plan to pursue political science like her professor father Jim, but that she ended up becoming “pretty good” at it.

“I always had a soft spot for Jim, since he first helped me realize I might be good at this line of work, and for Marie, who initially had no intention of following in her father’s footsteps but who turned out to pretty good at political analysis herself,” the professor said.

Harf generated controversy this week for saying that the way to combat terrorists like ISIS is to help get them jobs.

“But we cannot win this war by killing them, we cannot kill our way out of this war,” Harf said on Chris Matthews’ MSNBC program. “We need, in the longer term, medium and longer term, to go after the root causes that leads people to join these groups, whether it’s lack of opportunity for jobs.”

Harf later doubled down on her remarks, saying that her view is simply too nuanced for media commentators to ingest.

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

Harf’s comments have been widely mocked through the #JobsForISIS Twitter hasthtag.

[Pollster1]

She has a point. If Obama’s allies could just implement Obama’s final solution to the Jewish problem, our foreign policy would be much simpler.

[Dick Bachert]

Yes, yes – I know I've been plastering this on every site where this MORON is even referred to. Here's why: These imbiciles need to be driven from government before they do any more damage to what remains of this country. If you agree, PLEASE SHARE!

This...this TWIT(damn, almost misspelled that one!) is one of those airhead thirty somethings infesting Washington and responsible for crap like obozocare. It will take multiple decades to get those protected by the idiotic Civil Service regs OUT OF GOVERNMENT.

And reliable sources in the State Department Human Resources Office report that Marie's full last name is, in fact, HARFWIT but Hillary suggested she shorten it lest it diminish her credibility as the department's spokesperson.

And this just in: It's reported that Marie is moving over to the Labor Department to run the just created Jobs for Jihadis Program!

Are we screwed or what?

[nascarnation]

Well upon graduation with a poly sci degree she had two career options:

selling blouses at Forever 21 for 9 bucks an hour

or

6 figure job at State Dept

So she did well in my view....

[TigersEye]

She can call it a thesis if she wants to but most of us call them Tweets.

[Fred Hayek]

That would be one of the professors that would have me acting like a loyal Party member - until graduation, when I tell the alumni association to sod off. I had a few like that.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” Harfunist “

LOL

[SWAMPSNIPER]

We didn't miss it.