This is Obama's policy

[Sangersteve]

State Department Spokesperson Marie Harf was a guest on Hardball with Chris Matthews last night to talk about the Islamic State. Here’s what she had to say:

MATTHEWS: “If I were ISIS, I wouldn’t be afraid right now. I would figure there’s no existential threat to these people. They can keep finding places where they can hold executions and putting the camera work together, getting their props ready and killing people for show and nothing we do right now seems to be directed at stopping this.”

HARF: “I think there is few stages here. Right now what we are doing is trying to take their leaders and their fighters off the battlefield in Iraq and in Syria. That’s really where they —”
MATTHEWS: “Are we killing enough of them?”

HARF: “We’re killing a lot of them and we’re gonna keep killing more of them, so are the Egyptians, so are the Jordanians, they are in this fight with us. But we cannot win this war by killing them. We cannot kill our way out of this war. We need in the longer term, medium and longer term, to go after the root causes that leads to join these groups whether it’s lack of opportunity for jobs, whether it’s —”

MATTHEWS: “We’re not going to be able to stop that in our lifetime. Or 50 lifetimes. There’s always going to be poor people; there’s always going to be poor Muslims, and as long as there’s poor Muslims the trumpet’s blowing and they’ll join.”

[GFB]

Yes..let's offer them jobs.

I was thinking in creating pumpkin carving.

[millergrovesue]

Yes..let's offer them jobs.

I was thinking in creating pumpkin carving.

That would work about as well as any other suggestion this loser administration could come up with. What part of RADICAL and INSANE do these idiots not understand? Employment, or the lack thereof, has nothing do to with being so crazy that you want others dead in the name of God...........or whatever.

I suspect you could ask any serial killer in history if a well paying job would have quelled their desire to murder and the answer would be a resounding no.

[ralph]

these isis and millions of their supporters are looking for a caliphate , sharia and world domination in my opinion . I don't really blame them for their hate of the west as the west , USA primarily started putting them in their proper place in the early 1800s .

[millergrovesue]

USA primarily started putting them in their proper place in the early 1800s .

It would appear we didn't do a very good job of it in all those years.

[planosteve]

The way you stop them is simple. You find out who is funding them and put a stop to it. Wars are not
fought by self supporting idealists. They are fought either by conscripts or mercenaries or both that are funded by governments.

[BigTex]

Somehow I can't see these guys humping bacon and eggs at the IHOP.

[ralph]

we only started , ran out of steam these last 6-7 years [about] Sue. Never really had any problems with muslims / arabs until when they first tried to blow up the Trade Towers in the early 90s I think , best I can remember. [from the halls of Montezuma to the shores of TRIPOLI] No wait , it goes back a bit further to the Olympics in Germany and Mr. Klinghoffer on the Achile Laru [sp] , some airplane hijackings and a few airplane bombings but mainland USA was pretty unaffected in my memory .

[millergrovesue]

we only started , ran out of steam these last 6-7 years [about] Sue.

I'm sure you aren't pointing fingers at any president, huh Ralph?

BTW, the name Ralph is a favorite with me. It was my Dad's name. A finer man never walked the Earth. It's also the name of one of my brothers but he goes by his middle name. He too is a very fine man.

[GRANDPA]

We kill them all, kill their financiers, kill their supporters. Kill their highest leaders to the rawest recruits. They haven't shown the least mercy, we need to show them even less. We need to destroy their equipment, especially that what used to be ours. Have satellites over that area 24/7, because they do know when ours fly over. But we have to be prepared to take casualties too. It won't be pretty. And we have to be in it for the long run.

[ralph]

well , I hear that 'isis' is self funding as they sell oil and steal money from banks , steal gold and other valuables from people that they conquer or kill , sell slaves . Course they are always looking for donations and they get donations from all over the world . Heard just last week that some third worlders living in the USA were arrested for sending some terrorists some money , mighta been isis that was getting the money , [I forget] .

[ralph]

family of third worlders in USA send money to isis . --- http://www.cbsnews.com/news/6-people-ch ... ting-isis/ ---

[Mark]

Just remember that every time one of these Obama spokes-idiots speaks, it is Valerie Jarrett speaking.

[planosteve]

We kill them all, kill their financiers, kill their supporters. Kill their highest leaders to the rawest recruits. They haven't shown the least mercy, we need to show them even less. We need to destroy their equipment, especially that what used to be ours. Have satellites over that area 24/7, because they do know when ours fly over. But we have to be prepared to take casualties too. It won't be pretty. And we have to be in it for the long run.

Why would we want to kill the Saudis and the Israelis?

[GRANDPA]

The Israelis?

[ann jusko]

You know Grandpa, that Planosteve believes that the Israeli's are behind all evil in this world, don't you?

[planosteve]

You know Grandpa, that Planosteve believes that the Israeli's are behind all evil in this world, don't you?

I just posted Wesley Clark saying " Our friends and allies funded ISIS to destroy Hezbollah". What friends and allies do you suppose he was refering to?

[ralph]

as far as 'isis' funding the latest that I'm hearing is that 'isis' is selling human organs . No link but I heard that yesterday . Some watchdog from somewhere is reporting dead bodies with missing organs in the isis controlled areas . I don't know if this is true but someone else may have heard .

[BigTex]

Heard the same on the news this morning.

[GFB]

Rush today:

"Did FDR ever suggest we need to try to understand the Japanese' grievances?