He’s calling it an “act of terrorism created to kill innocent people”.
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Trump live-tweeted during Obama’s speech – and wasn’t impressed with the brevity of the president’s 13-minute address. However, according to Republicans, the president did not offer any new ideas.
The world will now be watching and waiting to see if the “smarter” approach of Obama continues to trump those of his more hawkish critics. A CNN poll conducted even before the San Bernardino shootings shows 60 percent of Americans do not approve of Obama’s handling of terrorism.As he has after previous mass shootings, Obama called on the US Congress to pass new assault weapons restrictions.
“Nothing that happened in the speech tonight is going to assuage people’s fears”, Florida Sen.
However, while Obama was speaking about the Islamic State, the fact is other Muslim countries besides the Islamic State explicitly reject “religious tolerance, mutual respect, and human dignity”. Radical Islam is at war with America; our only choice is to win or lose, and the longer we debate whether we’re at war, the closer we come to losing it. One can not help but wonder how many more Americans will die before President Obama recognizes this fundamental truth. Still, he called on Muslims in the US and around the world to take up the cause of fighting extremism. He notably called on Muslim leaders to confront extremist ideology “without excuse”. He also seized the opportunity to make the case again for USA gun control. Senator Rand Paul said the president was on an “outrageous quest to turn a necessary discussion on terrorism and national security into an unnecessary and ineffective gun control debate”. He says they represent a “tiny fraction” of the Muslim community. He discussed the importance of ensuring that those who are on no-fly lists have zero chance of being able to legally purchase firearms.
Congress also has been unable to coalesce behind any plan to authorize more force against IS, and the administration’s proposal has languished since February.
“ISIS has killed more Muslims than any other people of faith, and we also have to remember that the vast majority of attacks on our homeland have been committed by white single men”, Ahmed said. But it may be remembered by historians as the date the 44th U.S. President tried to allay the growing fears of a nation and talk tough against terror. “They are increasing because we look at it like whack-a-mole instead of dealing with the root causes”.
After the speech, the president appeared as previously scheduled at the Kennedy Center Honors tribute in Washington. “This isn’t who we are”, he says of Americans who want to defend themselves and their families.
Now Islamic State is a global threat, stopping it ultimately depends on ending the instability that gave it a foothold in Syria and Iraq. However, the group has set its sights elsewhere in the world, launching attacks in Lebanon and Turkey and downing a Russian Federation airliner over Egypt. It marked a reversal from his more cavalier comments about comparing the Islamic State to “a JV [junior varsity] team” a year ago and boasting last month that ISIS was “contained” just one day before the Paris attacks. “And by drawing upon every aspect of American power”, he said. It is believed Farook had contact with people from at least two terrorist organizations overseas, and last week it was reported that Malik had pledged allegiance to ISIS in a Facebook posting.
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From Paris to San Bernardino, the mood among terror-targeted populations is hardening as the social stresses rise.
