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Harf Truths and Whole Lies
WSJ ^ | February 17, 2015 | James Taranto

Posted on 02/17/2015 10:29:26 PM PST by QT3.14

Poor Marie Harf. The State Department’s deputy spokesman is being mercilessly mocked for an interview she gave to MSNBC’s Chris Matthews in which she said, of the conflict with the Islamic State: “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 a lack of opportunity for jobs, whether—”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: dimbulb; harf; isis; jobs4jihadis; josephkony; kenyanbornmuzzie; marieharf; obama; waronterror; wot
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1 posted on 02/17/2015 10:29:27 PM PST by QT3.14
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To: QT3.14
Best line:

Here’s her advice to Patton: “No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by curing poverty in the other poor dumb bastard’s country!”

2 posted on 02/17/2015 10:30:38 PM PST by QT3.14 (Help control the Liberal population. Have a Liberal spayed or neutered.)
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To: QT3.14

Not going to subscribe. Sorry.


3 posted on 02/17/2015 10:31:19 PM PST by P-Marlowe (Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
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To: QT3.14

Marie Barf.


4 posted on 02/17/2015 10:36:46 PM PST by Bernard Marx (ari)
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To: P-Marlowe

That’s odd. I’m not a subscriber and went directly to the article.


5 posted on 02/17/2015 10:36:57 PM PST by QT3.14 (Help control the Liberal population. Have a Liberal spayed or neutered.)
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To: QT3.14

If the present regime was in charge in the 1940s, we’d still be fighting WWII.


6 posted on 02/17/2015 10:48:29 PM PST by Cowboy Bob (Isn't it funny that Socialists never want to share their own money?)
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To: QT3.14
The State Department is filled with idiots like this.


7 posted on 02/17/2015 10:54:07 PM PST by garjog (Obama: bringing joy to the hearts of Terrorists everywhere.)
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8 posted on 02/17/2015 10:59:34 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: garjog
Man no truth that was ever made then the U.S. the State Department is full of nothing but useless “Protocol Droids”.. really all of DC is
9 posted on 02/17/2015 11:41:08 PM PST by tophat9000 (An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
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To: garjog

Man no truer statement was ever made then the U.S. State Department is full of nothing but useless “Protocol Droids”.... really all of DC is


10 posted on 02/17/2015 11:42:51 PM PST by tophat9000 (An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
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To: QT3.14
We need in the medium to longer term to go after the root causes that leads people to join these groups, whether it’s a lack of opportunity for jobs, whether—”

.....soooo ...what could that be....?...maybe a UTube video.....

or perhaps a book...yeah what book do they all read...

BINGO...a BOOK

I guess all the head choppers read the Koran...

Yeah that must be the elusive ROOT CAUSE.

11 posted on 02/17/2015 11:55:54 PM PST by spokeshave (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
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To: QT3.14

Why would you put an article up that you would have to
subscribe to to read? Is there another link? How do I
get to the article? Is this a pimp post?


12 posted on 02/17/2015 11:58:28 PM PST by Slambat
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To: Slambat

Better ping Humblegunner...


13 posted on 02/18/2015 12:22:49 AM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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To: Hoosier-Daddy

Somewhere (in hiding) Brian Williams is thanking Marie Harf


14 posted on 02/18/2015 12:43:22 AM PST by DAC21
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To: tophat9000
The root cause of the root cause of our inability to defeat the enemies of man is that we (US leadership) frame the questions and solutions in an absurd vacuum.

If the premise is that people want to lop of my head do so because they are angry, poor, uneducated, mislead and radicalized and they ONLY way to beat them is to HELP them see the light, then we are doomed to failure again and again.

This is what we have seen since 1973-75. It has been the “Fall of Saigon” or “Fall of (you fill in the blank) since then because we fail to define the problem and solutions correctly. It has been a rare US leader who defined the problem and the resultant solution correctly. The last one was Reagan.

The solution is to deplete their ranks by killing many of them. If we had our act together we would have been carpet bombing ISIS held areas 6 months ago with B-52s while supporting all our allies instead of stabbing them in the back.

15 posted on 02/18/2015 12:47:37 AM PST by Netz
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To: Netz

Jen Psaki and Marie Hard speak for the United States of America. Proof if anymore was needed that Obama is on the other side and wants America to fail in the normal sense of failure.


16 posted on 02/18/2015 1:07:02 AM PST by Jabba the Nutt (You can have freedom or government schools. Choose one.)
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To: Cowboy Bob
“If the present regime was in charge in the 1940s, we’d still be fighting WWII.”

No, we would have lost that war and no longer be a sovereign nation.

17 posted on 02/18/2015 1:58:01 AM PST by vette6387
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To: QT3.14

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/isil-fight-state-department-115251.html has a similar story.


18 posted on 02/18/2015 3:46:34 AM PST by Paperpusher
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To: QT3.14
What liberals haven't figured out yet (as if they ever will) is that millions of the earth's residents don't follow rational paths to satisfy themselves. Millions are driven by primal urges to kill, rape, pillage, torture, etc.

No amount of providing jobs, counseling, or better educations will fill their needs like slaughtering innocent people or raping captive females. What you have is many thousands of little Ted Bundys running off to the mideast to satisfy their inner savage.

19 posted on 02/18/2015 3:48:12 AM PST by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: Slambat; QT3.14
Is this a pimp post?

Yes, the poster, "QT3.14", is the owner of the Wall Street Journal and is trying to get hits at his site.

20 posted on 02/18/2015 4:18:31 AM PST by Graybeard58 ( For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.)
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