11-19-2015, 06:05 PM
HILLARY ON ISIL TERRORISTS
"I do believe we can crush ISIS’s enclave of terror," Clinton said in a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on Thursday. “We are in a contest of ideas against an ideology of hate, and we have to win," said Clinton, stressing that the United States needs to take the lead in the effort.
In her address, Clinton also called for new efforts to thwart terrorist organizing in cyberspace and pressed neighboring Arab nations to stop citizens who are directly funding extremists. She said European nations need to "dramatically" improve intelligence sharing and called for a no-fly zone over northern Syria to cut off supply lines and provide a safe haven for refugees (Obama opposes a no-fly zone).
In her address, Clinton delicately drew a distinction with President Obama while stopping short of criticizing his approach in the region. Clinton said the United States could have "done more" to aide indigenous Syrian rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while noting "this is an evolving and fast-moving situation." Obama has come under criticism for previously declaring that ISIL is being “contained," in reference to their lack of territorial gains in Iraq.
According to a new Bloomberg Politics national poll, Americans are evenly divided over sending troops to Iraq and Syria, with 44% for the idea and 45% against it.
"I do believe we can crush ISIS’s enclave of terror," Clinton said in a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on Thursday. “We are in a contest of ideas against an ideology of hate, and we have to win," said Clinton, stressing that the United States needs to take the lead in the effort.
In her address, Clinton also called for new efforts to thwart terrorist organizing in cyberspace and pressed neighboring Arab nations to stop citizens who are directly funding extremists. She said European nations need to "dramatically" improve intelligence sharing and called for a no-fly zone over northern Syria to cut off supply lines and provide a safe haven for refugees (Obama opposes a no-fly zone).
In her address, Clinton delicately drew a distinction with President Obama while stopping short of criticizing his approach in the region. Clinton said the United States could have "done more" to aide indigenous Syrian rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while noting "this is an evolving and fast-moving situation." Obama has come under criticism for previously declaring that ISIL is being “contained," in reference to their lack of territorial gains in Iraq.
According to a new Bloomberg Politics national poll, Americans are evenly divided over sending troops to Iraq and Syria, with 44% for the idea and 45% against it.