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Obama Admin. Spokeswoman Says This Is the Key to Defeating Islamic State
theblaze.com ^ | february 16, 2015 | Jason Howerton

Posted on 02/17/2015 7:10:59 AM PST by lowbridge

The U.S. can’t defeat the Islamic State by “killing them,” State Department Spokesperson Marie Harf told MSNBC’s Chris Matthews on Monday night.

“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,” Harf said.

Instead, she said the U.S. needs to focus on the “medium to longer term to go after the root causes that leads people to join these groups,” such as “lack of opportunity for jobs.”

Matthews pushed back slightly, telling his guest that the United States isn’t going to be able to fix those kinds of societal problems in “fifty lifetimes.”

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We can help them build their economies so they can have job opportunities for these people.”

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TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: benghazi; chrismatthews; egypt; gaza; hamas; harf; iran; isis; islam; israel; jobs4jihadis; josephkony; kenyanbornmuzzie; kurdistan; lebanon; libya; marieharf; msnbc; sinai; syria; turkey; uselessidiots; waronterror
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Islam is the root cause.

That is hitting the nail on the head.

61 posted on 02/17/2015 7:50:37 AM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: Jack Hammer

>That seems to have been the general trend for the past six years.<

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It already started during the Bush years.


62 posted on 02/17/2015 7:51:57 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: lowbridge

There are two towns in Saudi, if erased, will change the history of the world for the better.


63 posted on 02/17/2015 7:55:38 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: MrB
Of course, even implying he’s not the smartest guy ever to run for the presidency...

Grade point averages would be a fair topic of discussion when it comes to presidential candidates. But it's more than that, MrB.

College records include application forms. And those forms contain personal information about the applicant; perhaps citizenship and place of birth, eh?

64 posted on 02/17/2015 7:56:08 AM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Leaning Right

Yeah, we know (if he’s an American) that he gamed the entry system by declaring himself a foreign student.

Any of these people that are questioning Walker’s academics can just shove it until Obama’s college records are released.

They should simply be mocked. Repeat back their question exactly in a mocking tone and move on.


65 posted on 02/17/2015 7:58:54 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: headstamp 2

‘cuz just knowing they would be killed by the US forces wouldn’t be enough of a deterrent to them, apparently.


66 posted on 02/17/2015 8:02:38 AM PST by NEMDF
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To: lowbridge; Paladin2

Yes, John Kerry and others of his ilk have said that global warming causes terrorism.


67 posted on 02/17/2015 8:07:48 AM PST by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - a Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: lowbridge

Maybe a stronger outreach program from NASA would do it?


68 posted on 02/17/2015 8:07:58 AM PST by DBrow
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To: lowbridge
“medium to longer term to go after the root causes that leads people to join these groups,” such as “lack of opportunity for jobs.”

Ooooooh! That explains in 624, Mohammed led a raid for booty and plunder against a Meccan caravan....making jobs. THERE IS NO RADICAL ISLAM....THERE IS JUST ISLAM!...and apparently U.S. voters gave the top job to a pair of Islamist:


69 posted on 02/17/2015 8:16:22 AM PST by yoe
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To: lowbridge

Hugs will save the world!


70 posted on 02/17/2015 8:21:58 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

[ Give em iphones, money, white chicks, etc. ]

Giving them white chicks doesn’t seem to be working very well in Britain and sweeden....


71 posted on 02/17/2015 8:23:48 AM PST by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: lowbridge

What do you do with roaches? You kill them. Keep killing them. Get more countries to help kill them. Kill more of them. Then one day, there won’t be any left.


72 posted on 02/17/2015 8:51:32 AM PST by petercooper ("How To Destroy The Country In 6 Short Years" by Barack Obama & the Democrats)
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To: lowbridge

The only way to “win this war” is to convert to Islam. That’s it.


73 posted on 02/17/2015 9:41:30 AM PST by submarinerswife (Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results~Einstein)
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To: lowbridge

Harf has outdone herself this time, no easy feat. So chear up mentally challenged libtards, if your Mommy and Daddy are far left wacho Birds whom bundle big somes of money for other libtards, you too might have a chance to make a fool out of yourself on the national stage.


74 posted on 02/17/2015 9:55:19 AM PST by DAC21
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To: lowbridge
 photo harf FINAL_zps06qht5wk.jpg

75 posted on 02/17/2015 9:56:47 AM PST by Dick Bachert (This entire "administration" has been a series of Reischstag Fires. We know how that turned out!)
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To: DAC21

Oops somes ~ sums


76 posted on 02/17/2015 10:02:12 AM PST by DAC21
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To: vette6387

True - my apologies to boppers.

Rush just mentioned her - her and her equally vapid boss (Jen Psaki) are the epitome of the bilge being taught in the classrooms these days.


77 posted on 02/17/2015 10:05:32 AM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: lowbridge

Cupid stunt. That’s why Savage calls them “the Sorority
Girls running the State Dept”.


78 posted on 02/17/2015 10:08:05 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (Things are only going to get worse.)
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How Well Does That Approach Work? I mean, the US has tried that with Barry "Gone Golfin'" Soetero.
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79 posted on 02/17/2015 10:51:07 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: txrefugee

Her and her little ‘Valley Girl’ pal Jen Paski, (The key is muslims need jobs...like totally fer shure!), completely embarrass America. They both are a pathetic joke. Can you just imagine 2 fools like these speaking to our Nation over the radio like this during WW2? Good God.....


80 posted on 02/17/2015 1:24:56 PM PST by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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