In New York City today, Hillary Clinton spelled out what she thinks should be done to counter the spread of ISIS:
Hillary Clinton arrives for her speech on defeating ISIS. pic.twitter.com/1geNPb7VtJ
— Dan Merica (@merica) November 19, 2015
Clinton calls for a "more effective coalition air campaign" against ISIS "with more allied planes, more strikes and a broader target set."
— Dan Merica (@merica) November 19, 2015
Clinton says if Iraqi government won't arm "Sunni and Kurdish forces in the war against ISIS… the collation should do that directly."
— Dan Merica (@merica) November 19, 2015
Clinton says group of 50 special forces may not be enough, says U.S. should be "prepared to deploy more as more Syrians get into the fight."
— Dan Merica (@merica) November 19, 2015
Clinton on Turkey: "This is there fight and they need to act like it," says so far they have been "more focused on the Kurds."
— Dan Merica (@merica) November 19, 2015
On the subject of President Obama having dismissed the size of the ISIS threat, Clinton wasn’t going there for obvious reasons:
Clinton asked by @FareedZakaria if Obama was wrong when he called ISIS the JV team. "I don’t think it is useful to go back," she says.
— Dan Merica (@merica) November 19, 2015
Clinton on whether Obama was wrong to call ISIS "JV": "I don't think it's useful to go back and replow old ground."
— David Chalian (@DavidChalian) November 19, 2015
Clinton also warned against using the word “Islamic” to describe the terrorists:
Clinton says focusing on calling out "radical Islamic terrorism… gives these criminals, these murders, more standing then they deserve."
— Dan Merica (@merica) November 19, 2015
Clinton: "This should go without saying… Muslim Americans are working everyday on the fight against radicalization."
— Dan Merica (@merica) November 19, 2015
Also, ironically, Clinton called for tighter border security to help keep ISIS out … of Turkey:
Hillary Clinton has called out Turkey twice in speech: for not locking down its border to stop foreign fighter flow, & not focusing on ISIS
— Tim Mak (@timkmak) November 19, 2015
Hillary Clinton:We must not stop pressing until #Turkey locks down its border, where most #ISIS fighters cross. Ouch pic.twitter.com/eIsVLTrhoh
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) November 19, 2015
Hillary wants to help Turkey build a blocking wall to keep terrorism out from neighboring Syria. So what about our border?
— Marty Connors (@MartyConnors) November 19, 2015
If it’d work for Turkey why not for other countries?
Hey, wasn’t Hillary the secretary of state for four years?
This is where media pretends Hillary's run as SOS had nothing to do with the current mess she claims she'll clean up.
— BT (@back_ttys) November 19, 2015
https://twitter.com/NolteNC/status/667366588421709825
Maybe she’s just hoping everybody forgets she was one of the people in charge for many years!