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Barack Obama says ISIS will be defeated by ideas, not guns (WTF!????)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/barack-obama-says-isis-will-be-defeated-by-ideas-not-guns-1.3140231 ^ | 07/07/15

Posted on 07/07/2015 5:20:18 AM PDT by Enlightened1

U.S. president meets with Pentagon officials following weekend airstrikes in eastern Syria

The complex threat of the ISIS extremist group will not be ultimately defeated by guns but through ideology, Barack Obama says.

The U.S. president made the remarks Monday on the military campaign against the Islamic State group after being briefed by Pentagon officials earlier in the day.

He called for co-operation among countries in a fight he said spills over borders. Obama will look to partner with Muslim communities that he said are often the target of ISIS attacks.

"The battle for hearts and minds is going to be a generational struggle," he said.

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RE :” Barack Obama says ISIS will be defeated by ideas, not guns (WTF!????)”

The US could give them free Obama-phones with software viruses on them.

21 posted on 07/07/2015 5:36:34 AM PDT by sickoflibs (King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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To: If You Want It Fixed - Fix It

It was NEVER DEFEATED with the MAJORITY OF PEOPLE.

It was ONLY 5 Judges.


22 posted on 07/07/2015 5:37:56 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

It’s pointless to even get worked up about ISIS until Obama is gone. This country is simply going to do a little as possible to counter it so long as he’s in office.


23 posted on 07/07/2015 5:41:37 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Liberalism is the poison ivy that infests the garden of society.)
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To: Enlightened1
F'n MORON
24 posted on 07/07/2015 5:42:13 AM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: Enlightened1

So Barry , Bush was right... Form a democracy for a country like Iraq.

You blew that away by pandering to the “ end the war” chant, when all you needed to do was make sure the support/oversight was in place to enable the Iraq people to see the value of independence and self protection.

You are all sound bites and hot air.... pity the fools who believe you...


25 posted on 07/07/2015 5:45:21 AM PDT by patriotspride
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To: Empireoftheatom48

Most of the low info dopes have no clue about what the founding of our nation was all about.


Or the fact that they would be living under Hitlers brand of “ democracy” or a Japanese emperor but for the courage of our then teenage / early twenties heroes who fought for freedom just like the original patriots....

My dad was one of those at an early age on the shores of Normandy.....


26 posted on 07/07/2015 5:47:52 AM PDT by patriotspride
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To: patriotspride

Bravo for your Dad!


27 posted on 07/07/2015 5:49:28 AM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (God help the Republic but will he?)
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To: Enlightened1

I think he should take his very own brand of charm, charisma and bullsh*t directly and in person to ISIS and see how that works for him. He should take ‘Liveshot’ with him since he’s also known for his superb negotiating skills.


28 posted on 07/07/2015 5:49:56 AM PDT by Qiviut (Stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross; lift high his royal banner, it must not suffer loss)
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To: Enlightened1

It doesn’t get any dumber than Odumbo.


29 posted on 07/07/2015 5:50:36 AM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: Enlightened1

A “generational struggle” = nothin’ gonna’ be done on his watch


30 posted on 07/07/2015 5:55:18 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: AppyPappy

Excellent


31 posted on 07/07/2015 5:56:08 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Enlightened1

The only “idea” that will defeat ISIS is that Jesus Christ is Lord.


32 posted on 07/07/2015 5:57:53 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Resistance to Tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: bray

Right, listening to him on gun control, ‘something has to be done’, and here an aggressive enemy actively planning and instigating assaults, ‘idea’s’...


33 posted on 07/07/2015 5:59:31 AM PDT by Son House (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; the Original Legislative Fraud.)
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To: Enlightened1

Simply more bad judgement and another poor decision from this man. Any US Troops in the theater should require his full attention, not an occasional briefing. And to waste resources on a surrogate force, another bad decision.

Bush or Cheney already clued him in, give the military an objective, let them do the rest.


34 posted on 07/07/2015 6:00:07 AM PDT by Son House (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; the Original Legislative Fraud.)
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To: Enlightened1

Make mine 7.62 NATO, please.


35 posted on 07/07/2015 6:03:49 AM PDT by Flintlock (Our soapbox is gone, the ballot box stolen--we're left with the bullet box now.)
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To: Enlightened1

Defeated by ideas???

I thought they just needed jobs — isn’t that what Marie Harf claimed months ago?

==

Seems like The Administration STILL does not have a plan.

They need to talk to their SoS. As a presidential candidate in 2004, John Kerry had a plan for ever occasion. No details, of course, but he claimed to have a plan for whatever came up. “I have a plan for that.”


36 posted on 07/07/2015 6:06:33 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Enlightened1

“Barack Obama says ISIS will be defeated by ideas, not guns (WTF!????)”

Why not? He had an idea about peace once and won a Nobel for it.

We had an idea once and defeated the Nazis. We really, really, really believed they’d go away and they did—magically. You can do anything if you believe it. That’s what they teach in schools. That and putting on rubbers. /s


37 posted on 07/07/2015 6:11:48 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: Son House

His doing anything would admit his pulling out of Iraq caused ISIS.


38 posted on 07/07/2015 6:16:07 AM PDT by bray (Cruz to the WH)
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To: Enlightened1

I can’t wait to get a real president again. When I listen to Cruz and his responses on what he would do with ISIS it makes me feel much better about the fututre and hopeful that this threat can be addressed.


39 posted on 07/07/2015 6:40:09 AM PDT by erod (Chicago Conservative | Cruz or Lose!)
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To: Enlightened1
Obama is a literal laughing stock!

Egyptians are smarter than Americans

May 20, 2015

40 posted on 07/07/2015 6:47:43 AM PDT by TexasCajun (Hillary: Ethically Sleazy & Politically Stupid)
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