Posted on 11/17/2015 5:17:39 AM PST by Kaslin
If, before the Democratic presidential debate in Iowa Saturday night, a Republican operative had been told that, in the wake of the Paris attacks: 1) Hillary Clinton would refuse to apply the phrase "radical Islam" to ISIS; 2) Bernie Sanders would maintain that climate change is a greater threat to national security than ISIS or Islamic terrorism in general; and 3) Martin O'Malley, with Clinton's agreement, would insist that the U.S. stick to a proposal to admit 65,000 Syria refugees into the country -- he would have been delighted at the prospect of future ads portraying Democrats as in denial about the threat Islamic radicalism poses to the United States.
1) Clinton and "radical Islam." Moderator John Dickerson asked whether the former secretary of state agreed with Marco Rubio's use of the phrase "radical Islam" to describe ISIS and other terrorist groups. "Do you agree with that characterization, radical Islam?" Dickerson asked.
"I don't think we're at war with Islam," Clinton said. "I don't think we are at war with all Muslims. I think we're at war with jihadists who have -- "
"Just to interrupt," Dickerson said. "He didn't say all Muslims. He just said radical Islam. Is that a phrase you don't -- "
Clinton conceded that "you can talk about Islamists who clearly are also jihadists," but stuck to her position that using the phrase "radical Islam" would somehow implicate all Muslims in terrorist violence. Moments later, Sanders and third candidate Martin O'Malley also declined to use "radical Islam."
2) Sanders and climate change. In the first Democratic debate, Sanders was asked the greatest national security threat facing the United States.
"The scientific community is telling us that if we do not address the global crisis of climate change, transform our energy system away from fossil fuel to sustainable energy, the planet that we're going to be leaving our kids and our grandchildren may well not be habitable," Sanders said. "That is a major crisis."
On Saturday night, Dickerson asked Sanders if, after Paris, he still believes climate change is the nation's greatest national security threat.
"Absolutely," Sanders answered. "In fact, 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 countries all over the world -- this is what the CIA says -- they're going to be struggling over limited amounts of water, limited amounts of land to grow their crops. And you're going to see all kinds of international conflict."
Sanders conceded that "international terrorism is a major issue" that must be addressed. But he steadfastly stuck to his view that the bigger threat remains climate change.
3) O'Malley and refugees. Dickerson reminded O'Malley that he has urged the Obama administration to accept 65,000 Syrian refugees; did that number still stand in light of Paris?
"I was the first person on this stage to say that we should accept the 65,000 Syrian refugees that were fleeing the sort of murder of ISIL," O'Malley said. "And I believe that that needs to be done with proper screening."
A moment later, Clinton agreed. "The administration originally said (10,000)," she said. "I said we should go to 65, but only if we have as careful a screening and vetting process as we can imagine, whatever resources it takes." Insistence on the highest level of vetting seemed an admission that admitting the refugees -- some of whom might not actually be refugees -- poses a security threat to the United States. But Clinton held firm.
So back to Republicans. GOP strategists, and the ads they make, can now accurately say Democrats will not recognize radical Islam, even after the carnage in Paris; will insist that climate change remains the nation's greatest security threat, even after the carnage in Paris; and remain determined to admit large numbers of Syrian refugees into the United States, even after the carnage in Paris. The words spoken at Saturday night's debate will reverberate through the presidential campaign.
If a 3AM phone call rings, they will let it go to the voicemail.
Then they will be slaughtered in November. Trump Doctrine in effect.
Secular totalitarians have much in common with “religious” totalitarians. Those non-affiliated? To be silenced, subjugated, tax/jizya disarmed debt slaves and/or eliminated.
From Jan 2015...
Folked up diplomacy: A week late, John Kerry and James Taylor remind France "You've Got a Friend"
By Doug Powers | January 16, 2015
The Obama administration didn't send a high level official to the rally in Paris last Sunday (the president was of course unaware of what was going on), and John Kerry showed up today with an apology and an offering:
Kerry brings singer to Paris presser to play "You've Got a Friend" after US no-show at rally
What, no Joan Baez? If ISIS wasn't on the run before that, they will be now.
He’s seen fire and he’s seen rain. Sounds like he knows what he’s talking about.
What do they EVER care. They live in secluded and gated communities. They have huge security detail around them usually at all times. They don’t live, shop, go to school or do much of anything else with the masses. If something were to occur, they’d be whisked away to some remote location.
The American People, however, have to live with this crap. Who works for US, the American People? So far none other than Donald Trump.
At my last job, I had to pass by one of these newly built mosques every single day. It sticks out like a crazy looking minaret covered weird looking out of place THING in the middle of a normal, growing suburban area with nicer shops and homes. More and more you see these people in their burkas and other garb in our grocery stores, in our schools, just entirely infiltrating. When the mosque gets out of services on Fridays, there is a traffic detail there which stops all oncoming traffic so they can let out of their service onto the main road. I’ve never seen this happen for other churches in the area. Special attention at government expense.
Thanks to Huma Abedin, we now know that she takes frequent naps and is often confused!
An ideology unaffected by facts and reality or common sense
The mosques are our barracks, the minarets our bayonets, the domes our helmets, the faithful our soldiers.
King Obama gave the democrats their talking points in that arrogant yet whining press conference / speech he cobbled together yesterday.
He said the muslim slaughter of more than 100 innocent people in Paris was a “setbck”.
Well that is not surprising from that idiot who constantly puts his foot in his mouth
That’s interesting. I used to live in a large city in PA. A mosque was built on the outskirts of our neighborhood and I drove by it most every day at all hours. I never saw a soul there. Made me wonder if it was some kind of money laundering shell.
Of course their views are unchanged. If they responded to facts, they would never have been democrats.
I pray you are correct. I welcome an American in the White House again.
Aren’t the Dems depicted as a jackass? About right.
The GOP, depicted as an elephant, is supposed to have a good memory - the roots and foundation of America and the Constitution as written and originally understood and intended, for instance. Lately that’s seems reserved exclusively for the Tea Party.
Has Obama/Hitlery/Bernie and Democrats now replaced Iran as the world’s biggest enabler (supporter?) of Islamic terrorism? They essentially say a worldwide socialist dictatorship (Caliphate?) is needed to “save” us from Global Warming... (err...Climate Change on cold days).
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