Posted on 02/16/2015 8:11:38 PM PST by Islander7
State Department Spokesperson Marie Harf told Chris Matthews tonight that we cannot win this war with ISIS by killing them. She said we have to get to the root cause of why people are attracted to Jihad — you know like poverty, jobs, etc…
“We’re killing a lot of them and we’re going to keep killing more of them. So are the Egyptians, so are the Jordanians. They’re in this fight with us. But we cannot win this war by killing them. We cannot kill our way out of this war. We need in the medium to longer term to go after the root causes that leads people to join these groups, whether it’s lack of opportunity for jobs…”
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It is hard to understand abject fatalism. I don’t understand how people of normal human intelligence can be that way but I have seen a lot of it. I have seen it as the operant mode of a society.
Have no idea what you are referring to in your comment. If you feel like explaining it more...
Marie Harfwit, Professional Valley Girl.
(And BTW, lose the glasses. they’re VERY unflattering.)
Sorry, Valley Girl, but that is exactly how you win a war.
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