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Yonnie3

(17,431 posts)
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 01:35 PM Feb 2017

Why Saying Radical Islamic Terrorism Isnt Enough

" A rose by any other name" ...

For three years, as under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, I would not and could not utter that phrase. No one in the Obama administration could or did. We used the much less specific term “violent extremism.” As in “countering violent extremism,” which is what we called much of our anti-Islamic State efforts.

And for all of that time, we were collectively excoriated by conservatives, Republicans and Donald J. Trump.

“These are radical Islamic terrorists, and she won’t even mention the word, and nor will President Obama,” Mr. Trump said, referring to Hillary Clinton at a presidential debate last year. “Now, to solve a problem, you have to be able to state what the problem is, or at least say the name.”


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/13/opinion/why-saying-radical-islamic-terrorism-isnt-enough.html?ref=opinion
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Why Saying Radical Islamic Terrorism Isnt Enough (Original Post) Yonnie3 Feb 2017 OP
Then the problem must be gone now... world wide wally Feb 2017 #1
Is the problem of radical Christian militamen gone yet? Nitram Feb 2017 #2

Nitram

(22,791 posts)
2. Is the problem of radical Christian militamen gone yet?
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:13 PM
Feb 2017

Is the problem of radical Christian abortion doctor murderers and abortion clinic bombers gone yet?

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