5 Reasons the State Dept Is Off Its Rocker When It Says ISIS Doesn’t Represent a War Against America
On Thursday, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf took questions about ISIS from the media. When a reporter tells Harf that ISIS has announced a “war against America,” she replies:
“They can say whatever they like, but when I am making clear is that is not what ISIL represents. And they don’t represent any religion, they are at war with everyone they come in contact with.”
It appears that the State Department is refusing to acknowledge that ISIS most definitely represents “radical Islam.”
Here are five reasons Harf’s claim that a war with America is not what ISIS represents lacks credibility:
1. When ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was released from U.S. custody in 2009, hereportedly told Army officers, “I’ll see you in New York.”
2. The email from ISIS to James Foley’s parents before his murder read, in part, “You and your citizens will pay for the price of your bombings! The first of which being the blood of the American citizen, James Foley!”
3. ISIS spokesperson Abu Mosa, who was recently killed in Syria, told Vice News, “we willraise the flag of Allah in the White House.”
4. Due to alleged ISIS threats in Chicago and other American cities, on Saturday the FBI issued a bulletin to all local officials, asking them to be on the lookout for ISIS-related or homegrown terror threats.
5. ISIS is holding other Americans hostage, including Time journalist Steven Sotloff, whom it said it would kill unless Obama meets its demands.
Clearly, ISIS is at war with the United States of America. And with other American lives in jeopardy, it is irresponsible for the administration to attempt to sugarcoat an issue this serious.
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