The Common Sense Show
by Dave Hodges
I have been thinking a great deal about what Marie Harf, State Department Deputy Spokesperson recently said we needed to do in order to stop the Islamic State from harming any more innocent people.
I should pause here for clarification. The Obama Administration has yet to declare that an act of radical Islamic terrorism has occurred in the United States or anywhere else for that matter. So, to be fair, perhaps Harf’s statements, while potentially applicable to the rest of the world, don’t apply to the U.S.
In case Harf’s “monumental” statement isn’t etched in your brain, as it is in mine, let me remind you of what she said the strategy should be to end the militants’ “reign of terror,” my words, not hers, around the world.
Harf said, in pertinent part, “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 people to join these groups, whether it’s lack of opportunity for jobs…”
She continued on after being interrupted by MSNBC’s “Hardball” host, Chris Matthews by saying, ““we can work with countries around the world to help improve their governance, we can help them build their economies, so they can have job opportunities for these people. You’re right, there is no easy solution in the long-term to preventing and combating violent extremism, but if we can help countries work at the root causes of this, what makes these 17-year-old kids pick up an AK-47, instead of try to start a business? Maybe we can try– try to chip away at this problem, while at the same time going after the threat, taking on ISIL in Iraq, in Syria, and helping our partners around the world.”
Let’s give her the benefit of the doubt. After all, she must be brilliant since she was a former Central Intelligence Agency spokesperson and the former campaign spokeswoman on national security issues for President Barack Obama during his 2012 re-election bid. Right?
Assume for a moment that we take her up on her obviously “well thought out” plan and apply the principles right here in the U.S. for starters to see if it can really work.
We could employ the Islamic State militants by giving them jobs that illegal immigrants may no longer want to do if Obama’s executive order on immigration passes.
Currently, the executive order has stalled because 26 states, spearheaded by Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas, sought and were granted a temporary injunction. Obama’s executive order essentially grants “amnesty” to those illegally in the U.S. by preventing their deportation. s teachers in all-girls schools. Applying Harf’s rationale, wouldn’t Boko Haram then no longer want to kidnap young girls? Make sense? work with our partners in other countries toward devising a more extensive plan to eradicate the existing threat.
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