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Obama proclaims: 'We are not at war with Islam'
CNN ^ | February 19, 2015 | Jim Acosta and Kevin Liptak

Posted on 11/14/2015 5:35:33 AM PST by KeyLargo

Obama proclaims: 'We are not at war with Islam'

By Jim Acosta and Kevin Liptak, CNN

Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama, speaking at his summit on countering violent extremism Wednesday, sought to strike a balance between appealing for more acceptance of Muslim-Americans while emphasizing the need to remain vigilant against radicals who could turn violent.

"We are not at war with Islam. We are at war with people who have perverted Islam," Obama said during his remarks, adding later that Muslim leaders "need to do more to discredit the notion that our nations are determined to suppress Islam."

Obama went to lengths before the summit began to avoid linking extremism to the Muslim faith; his intent, aides say, was to avoid giving credence to the ideologies of Islamic State or al Qaeda terrorists.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: banglist; france; guncontrol; guns; immigration; isil; isis; islam; jihad; johnkerry; obama; paris; refugees; secondamendment; syria; terrorism
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To: Paladin2

They have further cemented the whole “Friday The 13th” meme, as well.


61 posted on 11/14/2015 6:03:55 AM PST by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away...)
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To: bert; NewYorker
to be specific, it is more accurate to say the Islamic counter reformation is at war with the west

There is a group of people, under a collective leadership, who desire our destruction, and are willing to commit their lives, their fortunes, and their not-so-sacred honor to fulfill that desire. We can either surrender, or conquer. For the sake of the future of the world, we should choose to conquer.

Let us hope that Hollande means it when he describes France's response as being pitiless, because it will not be until at least January 2017 that an American president will be willing to respond in the same way.

And one more thing: Hollande is a socialist. This, in a perverse way, is a good thing. The left, both in France and here, can't call him a right-wing nutcase cowboy who doesn't understand the inherent peacefulness of Islam, because he is one of their own. Whatever he does against ISIS, he will have a free hand.

62 posted on 11/14/2015 6:05:22 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: KeyLargo

That’s right, Mr. President. Kiss that butt lifted in the air in front of you as you kneel toward Mecca. Kiss it good.


63 posted on 11/14/2015 6:05:45 AM PST by A_perfect_lady
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To: Prospero

Well-stated, Prospero. We actually fought and defeated the National Socialists of Germany with help from other countries. That was then. Now, individuals in an upstart county called America with the weakest, most deceitful representatives in the republic’s history vs a 1400 year-old never exterminated jihad war machine with asymmetric warriors roaming freely over the entire planet who have made unprecedented advances in the last 15 years. Odds?


64 posted on 11/14/2015 6:08:05 AM PST by PGalt
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To: LS
But Islam appears to be at war with us.

Exactly right!

65 posted on 11/14/2015 6:08:58 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: KeyLargo

He did promise to stand with the Mooslims should the jihadic winds shift in an ugly direction.


66 posted on 11/14/2015 6:09:14 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Is the pope Catholic?)
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To: KeyLargo
Obama lied again re ISIS!


67 posted on 11/14/2015 6:11:28 AM PST by Grampa Dave ("If you use FR and don't donate. That means that you are a Left Wing or Rino plant, to be ignored!)
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To: Candor7

Interesting points, well stated!


68 posted on 11/14/2015 6:13:56 AM PST by yoe
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To: KeyLargo
I guess that NASA had best go back to space exploration....

Obama's directive to NASA to improve the self esteem of islamics was a big fail

69 posted on 11/14/2015 6:14:58 AM PST by spokeshave (MDSM = Mentally Discombobulated Screaming Media)
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To: KeyLargo

Islam IS the Perversion, you Muslim idiot!


70 posted on 11/14/2015 6:15:56 AM PST by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: NonValueAdded

Odumbo may not be at war with “islime” but the rest of us are.


71 posted on 11/14/2015 6:17:55 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: Vigilanteman

Ah yes. Forgot that one.

Too bad because they were just turning their lives around.


72 posted on 11/14/2015 6:18:48 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: KeyLargo

Did Hillary Clinton make this a gender issue?


73 posted on 11/14/2015 6:19:19 AM PST by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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To: jsanders2001

We don’t need to suppress islam....we need to destroy it. down to the last man, woman, and child.

Islam has been at war with the world since its inception. It is not compatible with any sort of civilization, and it is not even compatible with itself.


74 posted on 11/14/2015 6:20:41 AM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: A_perfect_lady

Ted Cruz CALLS FOR END to Syrian refugee resettlement to America after #Paris TERROR ATTACK
Posted by soopermexican on Nov 13, 2015

http://therightscoop.com/ted-cruz-calls-for-end-to-syrian-refugee-resettlement-to-america-after-paris-terror-attack/


75 posted on 11/14/2015 6:22:31 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: Grampa Dave

President Barack Obama addressed the nation shortly after the attacks on Paris commenced. In his statement, he did not mention the words “Islamic” or “radical,” despite immediate reports that the attackers called out “This is for Syria!”


76 posted on 11/14/2015 6:23:52 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

1942 FLASHBACK: FDR PROCLAIMS: “WE ARE NOT AT WAR WITH GERMANY AND JAPAN.”


77 posted on 11/14/2015 6:24:45 AM PST by euram
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To: euram

And in other news.

Al Gore Climate Change Webcast From Paris Postponed After Deadly Attacks

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/11/13/al-gore-hosted-climate-change-webcast-from-paris-postponed-after-deadly-attacks/


78 posted on 11/14/2015 6:27:01 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: Bryanw92

No, we’re not. But they certainly ARE at war with us.

...

But our gay president is clicking his heels together and pretending it isn’t so.


79 posted on 11/14/2015 6:27:15 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: KeyLargo

We are at war with all of them.

80 posted on 11/14/2015 6:29:22 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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