Hillary Clinton -- "We are at war"

[philosslayer]

Against radical Jihadists. She just said it on CNN.

[imanamerican63]

1. Well! That should shut up the neo cons?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

19. You've got to be kidding! Please tell me we're not starting the War on Terror Part 2...

[Joe the Revelator]

21. We haven't really started anything...

the folk killing innocent people are doing that.

[imanamerican63]

29. I was being sarcastic!

Sorry, my icon didn't take.

[dflprincess]

37. No they keep whining because neither Obama nor Clinton

will say the secret words "radical Islam".

[cigsandcoffee]

2. She just ran to the right of Trump on Fox News. n/t

[Legends303]

3. Has Obama called it radical jihadist?

Just curious I think she is trying her best not to say Islamic terrorism.

[AntiBank]

4. tit for tat ad infinitum. Just as drawn up in the late 1970's

The petro-dollar uber alles, trillions in profit for the MIC, with added bonus of vastly reduced civil liberties for all. Don't forget the double extra bonus of right wing fascist governments sweeping to power soon in the EU and quite possibly the US.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

7. I don't consider telling the truth

to be "diving to the right"

[morningfog]

9. It is no different than dubya saying war on terrorism.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

12. Are you denying that there is a war on terrorism?

Of course there is, and we've been fighting it for nearly 15 years now.

I see nothing wrong with speaking the truth...unconventional warfare is still warfare.

[SkeleTim1968]

18. It is drastically different than saying "war on terror"

The U.S. created ISIS, created the refugee crisis. ISIS is literally sweeping Iraq, Lybia Yemen and Syria and killing or enslaving all in their path. America brought this down on these innocent people.
For America to suddenly wash our hands of any responsibility in stopping this terrorist group ( a tangible, not a concept as the "war on terror" is) is immoral. It is most definitely a war.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

20. Exactly! No way Hillary said this.

[kcjohn1]

11. Tell me who we are at war with?

This sounds more like war on drugs rhetoric that solves nothing.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

13. Radical Islamic jihadists

just as she said.

Not Islam itself, and not all Muslims.

[kcjohn1]

15. Then are we at war with crazy lonely white man who commit mass shootings?

I use this comparison not as way of conflating the two, but to illustrate how difficult the task is. If this was Islamic radicals, most likely it as cell of one or two family/closely related individuals who acted in isolation. Approaching it like a war is self defeating process and makes the situation worse.

[SkeleTim1968]

26. One lonely crazed white man is not the equivalent of a group of terrorists who

are recruiting radicals for the purposes of killing anyone who is not Islamic as they interpret the Quran. Who are enslaving young girls and women. Who are heavily armed and trained because they are made up of former Ba'athists from the defunct Iraqi army and former leaders of the Republican guard.

[roamer65]

8. She's good at it.

It's like instinct for her.

[JaneyVee]

10. Are we not at war?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

22. Hell no!!! No more stupid wars!

[pinboy3niner]

14. The countdown continues and the time is getting shorter. nt

[IgelJames4]

16. Oh, dear lord

This doesn't look good. Frankly, more war will only exacerbate this situation. Cooler heads must prevail.

[Joe the Revelator]

23. The situation isn't going to get any better minus dismantling ISIS

and then whatever comes next. The status quo of 100's of people being murdered every month is not sustainable.

[Barack_America]

35. Murdered where?

Europe by jihadists? Middle East by those at "war" with jihadists? United States by gun violence?

All of the above? None of the above? A and C, but not B?

[rug]

17. In that case, maybe someone in Congress should declare it.

Just a thought.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

24. Until that happens - and I sure hope it doesn't - we are NOT at war with anybody.

[Maven]

25. Funny you should say that...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028012170

[rug]

28. Then he should be able to name a state to declare war on.

[Vattel]

43. As originally understood in the declare war clause, one could declare war against a group

other than a state.

[BeyondGeography]

27. And?

[alcibiades_mystery]

30. She's not wrong

[pnwmom]

40. She also said, "It's a different kind of war." And that's true, too. n/t

[Silver_Witch]

31. Ahhh the Hawk rises!

As I feared.

[Barack_America]

32. So, where do we bomb?

Where are the business opportunities?

[pinboy3niner]

34. My priority would be flamebait posters--but that's just me

[Silver_Witch]

36. no idea. I am not part of the 1%

[yallerdawg]

33. What else can she say?

We have international forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, flying over multiple nations all over the Middle East, drone strikes just about anywhere with no respect for borders.

Who are we targeting?

Radical jihadists. Who are 'practicing' a radical extremist death-cult version of Islam they are picking up from manipulative crazies (like bin Laden) or crazed websites (like everywhere on the internet!).

Do we call all homophobes "radical fundamentalist Christians" because Westboro Baptist Church practices homophobia?

[pnwmom]

38. She also said, "It's a different kind of war." Most people would agree. n/t

[Nye Bevan]

39. How dare she. Surely it's workplace violence, or something (nt)

[Legends303]

41. She said that we are fighting a different kind of war

which I agree but which she means that it can't be a just a military solution war.

This enemy that we fight called ISIL uses social media to recruit and actively plan attacks on the West.

We also need to start using more forceful words when describing the enemy, not radical Islam like the right does

to demonize Muslims. We should not use words such as a "jv team" or "workplace violence" because we know what type of enemy
this is and being nice to them will not make them go away.

[bdwker]

42. No shit Hillary.

I guess " Liberté, égalité, fraternité " is becoming "Death to the infidels".

I pity France... They never knew what was happening.

[GeorgeGist]

44. Are there middle-of-the-road jihadists?