Summary: Hillary Clinton has recently spoken out against usage of the term "Radical Islam." She says that using terms like this, including "Islamic Extremists," is an insult to the entire Islamic population who are peaceful. President Obama doesn't use either of those terms. Instead he uses the term "violent extremists." Many people have criticized Obama's refusal to use that term. Presidential Candidate Donald Trump says that Obama's refusal to use this term shows us that there is some secret that Obama is keeping from us. Clinton has said that she predicts Obama will announce a new strategy against ISIS in an announcement that will be airing tonight at 7. Clinton has also spoken out about how she wants new gun laws in place.
Analysis: I fully agree with what Clinton has said. Yes, many of the terrorists happen to be Muslim but that has nothing to do with the religion in itself. I think that its preposterous to use the term "Radical Islam." This would be saying that everybody that is Muslim has the same views as these terrorists but just aren't as radical and won't act on them. Donald Trump's claim is absolutely insane. Just because a person is being respectful and isn't using an offensive term he suddenly has a secret? Yeah, I don't think so. Stop trying to get attention for everything that you're doing, Trump. Also, I agree with Clinton about gun laws. Yes I know that "guns don't kill people, people kill people" or whatever but seriously, the ease of acquiring weapons is out of hand. The people on the "no-fly" list, which is a list of people who are suspected of terrorism (at least that's my understanding), are still able to by weapons. That's dumb. If you are expected of being a domestic or international terrorist, why should we let you go and buy guns?!?
Link: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/12/06/clinton-says-term-radical-islam-injustice-to-vast-majority-muslims.html?intcmp=hpbt2
I completely agree. I just watched President Obama's speech, and I think that his strategy is the way to go. The absolute worst thing we can do is start discriminating against Muslims because that is exactly what terrorist groups like ISIS wants, and they are the enemy.
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