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Kerry: 'Root Cause of Terrorism' Is Poverty
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Posted on 01/15/2014 5:25:02 AM PST by Sub-Driver

Kerry: 'Root Cause of Terrorism' Is Poverty 'In many cases...' Jeryl Bier January 15, 2014 7:12 AM

Secretary of State John Kerry covered a broad range of topics with his counterpart Pietro Parolin at the Vatican in Rome on Monday. Besides Syria, the Middle East peace process, Sudan, and Cuba, the subject of poverty came up during their discussions.

In remarks following the meeting, Kerry linked poverty not only to terrorism, but to the "disenfranchisement of millions" [emphasis added]:

We talked about the common interest of Pope Francis and President Obama in addressing poverty and extreme poverty on a global basis. The United States of America is deeply involved in efforts in Africa and in other parts of the world – in Asia, South Central Asia – to address this poverty, as is the Catholic Church. And so we have a huge common interest in dealing with this issue of poverty, which in many cases is the root cause of terrorism or even the root cause of the disenfranchisement of millions of people on this planet.

Kerry's statement echoes comments he made in October 2013 at the Global Counterterrorism Forum after terrorist attacks in both Nairobi, Kenya, and Peshawar, Pakistan: "Getting this right isn’t just about taking terrorists off the street. It’s about providing more economic opportunities for marginalized youth at risk of recruitment."


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KEYWORDS: allpropertyistheft; classwar; communismkills; cultureofcorruption; envy; fakeirishman; golddigger; marxism; nakedmarxist; poorjihadists; poverty; secstatekerry; terrorism; waronterror
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To: Sub-Driver

“Root Cause of Terrorism Is Poverty”...NO it’s ISLAM!


101 posted on 01/15/2014 7:12:10 AM PST by WellyP (question!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Wrong, John. The root cause of Terrorism is bad ketchup.


102 posted on 01/15/2014 7:13:13 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Sub-Driver
JFnK sits on piles of Mommy's money while blaming the peasants and their unwillingness to pay more taxes for poverty.
103 posted on 01/15/2014 7:22:57 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: Sub-Driver

I can see Kerry’s point, BUT...terrorist leaders are not using Catholicism or Buddhism to recruit trainees.

WE know which cult they’re pulling from...


104 posted on 01/15/2014 7:26:08 AM PST by moovova
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To: Sub-Driver

The root cause of terrorism is terrorists.


105 posted on 01/15/2014 7:28:44 AM PST by Daveinyork (IER)
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To: Sub-Driver

Haiti is one of the most poverty stricken places on the planet.....yet you don’t hear of any terrorist acts emanating from there....hmmmm, now why is that?


106 posted on 01/15/2014 7:31:40 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Sub-Driver

Which is Dumber?

Sack Of Hammers John Kerry


107 posted on 01/15/2014 7:34:47 AM PST by Iron Munro (Orwell: There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Poverty - such as is felt by the impoverished Saudi Royal Family.

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny - You shouldn’t be skipping your meds like this. It makes you silly.


108 posted on 01/15/2014 7:47:55 AM PST by Wordkraft (Remember who the Collaborators are.)
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To: Sub-Driver

The root cause of terrorism is ISLAM!


109 posted on 01/15/2014 7:50:15 AM PST by ThomasMore (Islam is the Whore of Babylon!)
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To: Sub-Driver; GeronL

Osama Bin Laden and Yassir AraPIGfat both died with billions of dollars.

Class warfare bullstalin doesn’t float.


110 posted on 01/15/2014 8:29:52 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: Sub-Driver

I don’t know the current standings but about a decade ago, half of the world’s 10 richest men lived in the Middle East.


111 posted on 01/15/2014 8:31:06 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: Sub-Driver

Kerry: ‘Root Cause of Terrorism’ Is Poverty

Once again this moron proves he is an idiot...........
The answer is HATRED..........


112 posted on 01/15/2014 8:39:19 AM PST by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I go to sign up for the American Revolution 2014 and the Crusades 2014?)
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To: Sub-Driver

Dhimmi Imbecile


113 posted on 01/15/2014 9:50:08 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: AU72

It’s ISLAM, you f’n idiots!How hard can it be to see this?


114 posted on 01/15/2014 3:43:39 PM PST by nobamanomore
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To: MrB
Me: If true, this regime is creating a lot of terrorists!
You: They may indeed be creating domestic terrorism.

That's what I was meaning and should have said it better. This regime is developing domestic terrorists!

And, to your point of the faux "IRS Investigation". It's a travesty for the American people to put up with that BS! Nixon did it and quit before he could be impeached. This b*st*rd in the White Hut deserves no less and maybe more!

115 posted on 01/15/2014 3:59:39 PM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Sub-Driver

The poor people are the biggest Dem constituency, so now they are terrorists, cool.


116 posted on 01/18/2014 11:25:53 AM PST by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. New US economy: Fascism on top, Socialism on the bottom.)
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