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Obama: Don't grant terrorists legitimacy by labeling them Islamic
CBS ^ | 02/18/2015 | Jake Miller/CBS

Posted on 02/18/2015 2:31:01 PM PST by Responsibility2nd

President Obama offered an extended defense of his approach to countering violent extremism on Wednesday, saying those who have criticized his administration's reluctance to single out the threat specifically posed by Muslim extremists are in danger of offering extremists the kind of legitimacy they crave.

"Al Qaeda, ISIL, and groups like it, are desperate for legitimacy," he said. "We must never accept the premise that they put forward, because it is a lie. Nor should we grand these terrorists the religious legitimacy that they seek. They are not religious leaders, they are terrorists.

"We are not at war with Islam," he added. "We are at war with people who have perverted Islam."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: islam; obama; traitor
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To: Responsibility2nd

2 Thessalonians 2:11

And for this cause God shall send them a strong delusion, that they should believe a lie


81 posted on 02/18/2015 4:09:38 PM PST by RginTN
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To: Responsibility2nd

"Trust me!"

82 posted on 02/18/2015 4:11:45 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind, but now I see...)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Calling them ( what they obviously are) Islamic confers absolutely no legitimacy on the terrorists. not a bit. It’s exactly the opposite. We can’t think of anything more evil and disgusting as Islam


83 posted on 02/18/2015 4:16:44 PM PST by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..).)
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To: C210N

Right! Don’t call them “Satanists.” It will just give them legitimacy.


84 posted on 02/18/2015 4:24:04 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: Responsibility2nd

Huh?


85 posted on 02/18/2015 5:12:22 PM PST by semaj (Nothing will change until lying becomes an extremely dangerous & expensive habit.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I’m thinking more along the lines of delegitimizing islam.


86 posted on 02/18/2015 5:17:55 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: TBP

And Iran doesn’t want nuclear weapons because it goes against their faith.

Obama, not all of us are as stupid as those who voted for you.

FUBO


87 posted on 02/18/2015 5:31:47 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: kinsman redeemer

Check out the finger he gives us all, it’s a shahada, the same as his ring on his left hand. Sorry I don’t know how to post pictures. The Muslims laugh and love it. Others not so much.

Also check out his face while doing this. A despicable person to be our CIC.

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/02/obama_and_the_muslim_gang_sign.html


88 posted on 02/18/2015 6:48:57 PM PST by Beach333
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To: Responsibility2nd

Obama, how about don’t deprive Islam of its last shred of dignity by not holding it accountable.


89 posted on 02/18/2015 7:03:26 PM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: Responsibility2nd; All
We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics,
but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics.

Video: Jihad vs Crusades

Games Muslims Play

90 posted on 02/18/2015 7:27:44 PM PST by QT3.14 (Help control the Liberal population. Have a Liberal spayed or neutered.)
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To: cdcdawg

Obama knows the cat is out of the bag. People knows he stands with the terrorists and now he wants to distance himself from them using Taqiyya once again...


91 posted on 02/18/2015 8:54:07 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: Responsibility2nd
...saying those who have criticized his administration's reluctance to single out the threat specifically posed by Muslim extremists are in danger of offering extremists the kind of legitimacy they crave.

Kind of like saying that we shouldn't have resisted Germany and Japan because it would only make them want to overrun us....

92 posted on 02/19/2015 4:20:07 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: QT3.14

BUMP FOR THIS POST OF YOURS!!

People should see this video series...learn it and KNOW it!

(Impeach the present dent)


93 posted on 02/19/2015 4:50:04 AM PST by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian
Obama's mole moved from his chin to the side of his nose.
LOL!
94 posted on 02/19/2015 5:24:16 PM PST by StormEye
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To: StormEye
If you like your plan mole, you can keep it.
95 posted on 02/19/2015 6:13:34 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind, but now I see...)
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