Hillary Clinton 2014: We Must “Empathize” With Islamic Terrorists “Empathize with their perspective and point of view” Daniel Greenfield
http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/260790/hillary-clinton-2014-we-must-empathize-islamic-daniel-greenfield
At the Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton was asked about her outrageous comment from 2014 that Americans must empathize with the perspective of Islamic terrorists. Her answer was rambling and incoherent.
John Dickerson: The reason I ask is that you gave a speech at Georgetown University in which you said that it was important to show– quote– respect even for one’s enemy. Trying to understand and in so far as psychologically possible empathize with their perspective and point of view. Can you explain what that means in the context of this kind of barbarism?
Hillary Clinton: I think with this kind of barbarism and nihilism– it’s very hard to understand other than the lust for power, the rejection of (UNINTEL), the total disregard for human life– freedom or any other value that we know and– respect.
Gibberish, but here’s what Dickerson was asking about.
In a Georgetown talk in 2014, Hillary Clinton used the example of negotiations with the Islamic Moro Liberation Front, a vicious Islamic terrorist group allied with Al Qaeda that practices beheading, as an example of empathizing with the enemy.
“This is what we call smart power,” Clinton said to a small audience at Georgetown. “Using every possible tool and partner to advance peace and security. Leaving no one on the sidelines. Showing respect even for one’s enemies. Trying to understand, in so far as psychologically possible, empathize with their perspective and point of view. Helping to define the problems, determine the solutions. That is what we believe in the 21st century will change — change the prospects for peace.”
It’s not an argument that she wants to justify to a national audience, but how is ISIS fundamentally different than MILF? Both are groups of Islamic Jihadists who carve out territory through atrocities. MILF is more willing to leverage its atrocities through negotiations, a behavior that leads Western liberals to label terror groups as “moderate”, but that’s just a tactic.
If Hillary Clinton can “empathize with the perspective” of Islamic beheaders in the Philippines, why not Islamic beheaders in Iraq and Syria?
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