Why won't Obama say Radical Islam? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-won-t-obama-say-radical-islam <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> Wed, 15 Jun 2016 02:15:53 -0400 Why won't Obama say Radical Islam? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-won-t-obama-say-radical-islam <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> SSgt M. Har Wed, 15 Jun 2016 02:15:53 -0400 2016-06-15T02:15:53-04:00 Response by SCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 15 at 2016 2:17 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-won-t-obama-say-radical-islam?n=1630546&urlhash=1630546 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Being raised by a Muslim father and having lived in Indonesia in a rich Muslim environment, he has deep-seated feelings of affirmation towards that faith. He has made that abundantly clear since his World Apology Tour and his personally divisive feelings of animosity towards Israel. SCPO Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 15 Jun 2016 02:17:17 -0400 2016-06-15T02:17:17-04:00 Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Jun 15 at 2016 2:17 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-won-t-obama-say-radical-islam?n=1630547&urlhash=1630547 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Because he is a Muslim at heart from his upbringing in Indonesia. Capt Seid Waddell Wed, 15 Jun 2016 02:17:34 -0400 2016-06-15T02:17:34-04:00 Response by SGT Edward Wilcox made Jun 15 at 2016 8:22 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-won-t-obama-say-radical-islam?n=1630838&urlhash=1630838 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What does it matter if he says it, or not? SGT Edward Wilcox Wed, 15 Jun 2016 08:22:12 -0400 2016-06-15T08:22:12-04:00 Response by MSgt James Mullis made Jun 15 at 2016 9:34 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-won-t-obama-say-radical-islam?n=1630993&urlhash=1630993 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Politics! MSgt James Mullis Wed, 15 Jun 2016 09:34:59 -0400 2016-06-15T09:34:59-04:00 Response by CDR Terry Boles made Jun 15 at 2016 9:59 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-won-t-obama-say-radical-islam?n=1631105&urlhash=1631105 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Good question, he came close to answering it yesterday. I kinda get the impression he believes it will inflame the radicals who perpetrate such horrid atrocities, but they will not change their beliefs or actions. Or perhaps it will inflame the Muslim population as a whole. <br /><br />With all that has happened across the globe from individuals and/or groups that are indeed radicalized by a different belief that seems out of step with the Islam norm, then what else do you call this group to narrowly define them, the very persons/groups that we are in a global war with? So good question, why will he not use a more defined term? And why hasn't the Muslin population also spoken out and used this term? And why has this administration gone out of its way to edit other nations heads-of-states using this term in their joint press events? <br /><br />I do not know the answer to your question, but I do believe it would be appropriate as it narrows the targeted group rather than all Muslims as a whole as this is not a war against the religion or Muslims as a whole, but rather a war against a specific targeted group with radical ideologies. <br /><br />Maybe it has something to do with this PC world we now live in. Good question, I suppose only he knows the answer and has not been able to convey it to the satisfaction of the American populace. I only wish he was as angry and aggressive against Radical Islamist groups as he was on yesterdays press event about Donald Trump. CDR Terry Boles Wed, 15 Jun 2016 09:59:57 -0400 2016-06-15T09:59:57-04:00 Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Jun 15 at 2016 12:50 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-won-t-obama-say-radical-islam?n=1631738&urlhash=1631738 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>He is too hung up on saying Radical Republicans and doesn't want to confuse anyone. MCPO Roger Collins Wed, 15 Jun 2016 12:50:21 -0400 2016-06-15T12:50:21-04:00 Response by SSG Carlos Madden made Jun 15 at 2016 1:33 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-won-t-obama-say-radical-islam?n=1631940&urlhash=1631940 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/orlando-nightclub-massacre/why-won-t-obama-say-radical-islam-n591196">http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/orlando-nightclub-massacre/why-won-t-obama-say-radical-islam-n591196</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/074/581/qrc/afp_bt8xp_eb1fe4b3f88abd8328bb85f30b96e4d9.nbcnews-fp-1200-800.jpg?1466012019"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/orlando-nightclub-massacre/why-won-t-obama-say-radical-islam-n591196">Why Won&#39;t Obama Say Radical Islam?</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">The president is reluctant to use language that grants religious legitimacy to terrorists.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> SSG Carlos Madden Wed, 15 Jun 2016 13:33:42 -0400 2016-06-15T13:33:42-04:00 Response by LCpl Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 15 at 2016 1:44 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-won-t-obama-say-radical-islam?n=1631995&urlhash=1631995 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Contrary to popular belief here, it's not because he is a terrorist:<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/14/obama-calling-isil-islamic-extremists-would-accomplish-nothing/85861554/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/14/obama-calling-isil-islamic-extremists-would-accomplish-nothing/85861554/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/074/584/qrc/636015070500155123-AP-APTOPIX-OBAMA-82626932.JPG?1466012692"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/14/obama-calling-isil-islamic-extremists-would-accomplish-nothing/85861554/">Obama rips Trump over proposed Muslim ban, &#39;radical Islam&#39; rhetoric</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">President Obama sharply rebuked critics who say he should condemn terrorists as &quot;radical Islamists.&quot;</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> LCpl Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 15 Jun 2016 13:44:59 -0400 2016-06-15T13:44:59-04:00 Response by MAJ Keira Brennan made Jun 15 at 2016 1:59 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-won-t-obama-say-radical-islam?n=1632066&urlhash=1632066 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>He did MAJ Keira Brennan Wed, 15 Jun 2016 13:59:02 -0400 2016-06-15T13:59:02-04:00 Response by LTC Paul Labrador made Jun 15 at 2016 2:42 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-won-t-obama-say-radical-islam?n=1632263&urlhash=1632263 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think it's more about not countering the narrative he's trying to script regarding his legacy and time in office. His big "achievements" in foreign policy were stopping the wars and Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet anyone with a brain can see all he did was pull us out and declare victory, the situation on the ground be damned. LTC Paul Labrador Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:42:44 -0400 2016-06-15T14:42:44-04:00 Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 16 at 2016 1:18 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-won-t-obama-say-radical-islam?n=1634019&urlhash=1634019 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I'm not a fan of the current POTUS but in this matter he may have swayed me. Do I think the actions of Eric Rudolph and other terrorists who blow up and attack abortion factories are indicative of all Christians? No I do not. Therefore, I cannot likewise hold all Muslims to account for the less than 1% of those who would commit atrocities while waving the flag of Islam.<br /><br />If you have a counterpoint, I'm an open book. Whatchya got? MSG Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 16 Jun 2016 01:18:58 -0400 2016-06-16T01:18:58-04:00 Response by PFC Amthony Murray made Jun 17 at 2016 2:47 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-won-t-obama-say-radical-islam?n=1640183&urlhash=1640183 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Because they are his brothers in islam. PFC Amthony Murray Fri, 17 Jun 2016 14:47:51 -0400 2016-06-17T14:47:51-04:00 Response by SSG Carlos Madden made Jun 20 at 2016 9:13 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-won-t-obama-say-radical-islam?n=1648632&urlhash=1648632 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Statement from POTUS. <br /><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRYX7nhT9PI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRYX7nhT9PI</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-youtube"> <div class="pta-link-card-video"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TRYX7nhT9PI?wmode=transparent" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRYX7nhT9PI">President Obama Delivers a Statement to the Press</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Live coverage of this event has concluded. Drag the counter along the timeline below the stream to replay. The full video will be posted to www.whitehouse.go...</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> SSG Carlos Madden Mon, 20 Jun 2016 21:13:28 -0400 2016-06-20T21:13:28-04:00 2016-06-15T02:15:53-04:00