single thing you cannot do declare war on islam itself. i m joined now from palo alto by mike mcfall, former ambassador to russian that under president obama and wendy sherman, who recently stepped down as undersecretary of political affairs at the state department. wendy sherman, how is this anti-muslim rhetoric having an impact on our foreign policy and relationships with allies? it s incredibly dangerous, andrea. this kind of islamophobia is playing right into the recruitment by the jihadis of people from all over the world. it is alienating the very pele that we need to be working with us. this has to be led bin the muslim world, this effort to defeat isis. the united states is an important partner in that effort, but we can not do it alone, we should not do it alone, and, indeed, this kind of rhetoric is only pushing people away from us when we need them the very most. mike mcfall, one of the leading rebel leaders in syria was killed reportedly by russian
single thing you cannot do declare war on islam itself. i m joined now from palo alto by mike mcfall, former ambassador to russian that under president obama and wendy sherman, who recently stepped down as undersecretary of political affairs at the state department. wendy sherman, how is this anti-muslim rhetoric having an impact on our foreign policy and relationships with allies? it s incredibly dangerous, andrea. this kind of islamophobia is playing right into the recruitment by the jihadis of people from all over the world. it is alienating the very people that we need to be working with us. this has to be led bin the muslim world, this effort to defeat isis. the united states is an important partner in that effort, but we can not do it alone, we should not do it alone, and, indeed, this kind of rhetoric is only pushing people away from us when we need them the very most. mike mcfall, one of the leading rebel leaders in syria was killed reportedly by russian
of lunacy. and now one dissenting republican voice has been forced to drop out. donald trump has done the one single thing you cannot do declare war on islam itself. i m joined now from palo alto by mike mcfaul, former ambassador to russia under president obama and here in our studio wendy sherman, who recently stepped down as undersecretary of political affairs at the state department. wendy sherman, how is this anti-muslim rhetoric having an impact on our foreign policy and our relationships with allies? it s incredibly dangerous, andrea. this kind of islamophobia is really playing right into the recruitment by the jihadis of people from all over the world. it is alienating the very people that we need to be working with us. this has to be led by the muslim world, this effort to defeat isis. the united states is an important partner in that effort, but we cannot do it alone, we should not do it alone, and, indeed this, kind of rhetoric is only pushing people away from us wh
perverted brand of islam and spur small-scale terrorist attacks. and those are very difficult to detect. so it is gonna be important for us to be vigilant. i m confident that we re going to prevail, but it is also important for us to keep things in perspective. and this is not an organization that can destroy the united states. but they can hurt us. and they can hurt our people and our families. so i understand why people are worried. the small-scale terrorist attacks the president says are so difficult to detect, were exemplified in san bernardino earlier this month. and today, enrique marquez, friend of one of the san bernardino shooters, made a second appearance in court. though police have said there s no evidence marquez was directly involved in the san bernardino attack. he has been charged with three
he said could you mention my name? and he gave me his number. i found the card. i wrote the number down. let s try it. 202-228-0292. it s three, four years ago, so maybe it s an old number. trump has done the one single thing you cannot do, declare war on islam itself. to all of our muslim friends throughout the world like the king of jordan and the president of egypt, i am sorry. he does not represent us. in many ways there are a lot of reporters out there who will miss the humor that lindsey graham brought to the trail. that video is one we ll remember and be in the year-end s greatest hits. on a more serious note, what graham really brought to the table and i think you saw it at