Hillary Clinton & Co. Refuse to Say ‘Radical Islam’ at Dem Debate

Breitbart ^ | November 14, 2015 | By Joel B. Pollak

[Brad from Tennessee]

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the Democratic Party presidential debate on Saturday evening in Iowa that she would not use the phrase “radical Islam” to describe the enemy responsible for attacking the United States and the west in general.

The exchange with moderator John Dickerson of CBS News was as follows (rush transcript):

Moderator: Secretary Clinton, you mentioned radical jihadists. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), also running for president, said this attack in Paris showed that we are at war with radical Islam. Do you agree with that characterization “radical Islam?”

Clinton: I don’t think we’re at war with Islam. I don’t think we’re at war with all Muslims. I think we’re at war with jihadists

Moderator: Just to interrupt. he didn’t say all Muslims. He said “radical Islam.”

Clinton: I think you can talk about Islamists who clearly are also jihadists, but I think it’s not particularly helpful to make the case that Senator Sanders was just making that I agree with that we’ve got to reach out to Muslim countries. We’ve got to have them be part of our coalition. If they hear people running for president who basically shortcut it to say we are somehow against Islam. . .

[Brad from Tennessee]

This insistence on parsing religious terminology goes to the heart of Obama and the DNC's ongoing operation to flood the U.S. with immigrants who can be easily converted into Democrats. This includes the liberal label "undocumented" to replace illegal.

[Talisker]

Caliphate jihadists intend to correct Hillary’s psychotically conscienceless parsing on the world stage, in blood.

[rockinqsranch]

Islam is the foundation, as well the structure of the evil we face today.

[scooby321]

Good Luck in the election, Hillary

I don't think it plays well with the electorate

[blackdog]

Why not just fit every immigrant with an electronic ankle bracelet which must be revalidated with a visit to an immigration control officer every 30 days? Track their whereabouts with GPS. Make the immigrant pay for the anklet and the costs of managing the system.

If they fail to report and comply, set off the pinging transmitter.

[ClearCase_guy]

I think she’s basically making the case that “Islam” and “Radical Islam” are the same thing. So, if you try to be precise and oppose “Radical Islam”, what you are really doing, is to oppose all of “Islam”. And Hillary is afraid to do that. But she seems to actually grasp the fact that Islam, as a religion, is a scary thing focused on terrorism and violence. So it’s safest to only say nice things about the bad people.

[UCANSEE2]

“We.ve got to reach out to Muslim countries. “

Isn’t that how we got into this mess to start with ? Trying to be buddies with nations that wanted us to leave them alone ?

[relictele]

‘Our coalition?’

For what? Against whom?

[Lopeover]

You guys actually watched that?

[Paladin2]

Just saying “Stop Jihad Now!” is way easy. Repeat after me...

[Sasparilla]

These clowns tried to put space between themselves and the White Mosque by calling them Jihadists. Big whoop.

[Paladin2]

I’d go with every 30 seconds.

[Kirkwood]

Jihad is the path or struggle by which every muslim submits to allah, so all muslims are jihadists. Hillary basically just said we are waging a war against all muslims. She should have listened to the moderator who was trying to help her.

[mojito]

Will anyone say that we are at war with Islam, that Islam's fundamental beliefs are incompatible with our Constitution and the liberties of a free people, and that the full might of the United States will be brought to bare against Islam if it attempts in any fashion to deprive us of our Constitution and our liberties?

I thought not.

[Bob434]

[[Clinton: I don’t think we’re at war with Islam. I don’t think we’re at war with all Muslims. I think we’re at war with jihadists ]]

Moderator: And do Jihadists practice islam Mrs Clinton?

Clinton: Well Yeah, but. well, Yeah.

Moderator: Do the Terrorists call themselves “Holy Warriors” and Yell out to Allah when they attack Mrs Clinton?

Clinton: Well Yeah, but. well, Yeah.

Moderator: Then why do you refuse to call them Radical Islamists?

Clinton: Because they don’t represent Islam

Moderator: But you just said they were Islamists Mrs Clinton

Clinton: Well Yeah, but. well, Yeah.

Moderator: Do you know that the definition of “Is” Is Mrs Clinton?

Clinton: Well Yeah, but. well, Yeah.

Oh wait- this was CBS moderating the debate

[immadashell]

She should have listened to the moderator who was trying to help her.

That's quite impossible. After all, she thinks of herself as the smartest person in any room she walks into.

[petenmi]

[rockinqsranch]

Hillary Clinton needs attention, she needs to be fawned over, she needs superstardom to be who she wants to be. Her BIG problem is nobody needs her, nobody wants her so she dances a thousand dances to try to make herself the show we all need to watch.

THAT isn’t any President of this USA we need.

[Calamari]

Hillary, is it time to use the Hash Tag(#)?

[volunbeer]

She should have listened to the moderator who was trying to help her.

That’s quite impossible. After all, she thinks of herself as the smartest person in any room she walks into.

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