Arming the kurds directly would enrage the iraqi and turkish governments, both allies. these are judgment can you tell us calls, not no brainers. it s not the same as fighting radical islam. strangely, after the g.o.p. candidates boldly and correctly described the enemy as an ideology which is much broader than one group, they spoke almost entirely about fighting that one group. even if isis were defeated tomorrow, would that stop the next lone wolf jihadry in new york or paris or london? the enemy is in fact radical islam, an ideology that has spread over the last four decades for a variety of reasons and now infects men and women across the muslim world. the fight must at its core be against the ideology itself, and that can only be done by
carpet bombing. for more go to cnn.com/fareed and read my washington post column this week. let s get started. on thursday there was an extraordinary gathering krogs town at the unites nations, jack lew was the chair of a u.n. security council meeting of his counterparts around the world. it was first time ever the finance ministers met. they were there to come up with a plan to fight isis economically, to cut off its funding. joining me now, for an exclusive interview, secretary lew and his counterpart, the british chancellor, george osbourne. explain why this is so important. it sounds grand and everyone is against isis. but what will it specifically do that will be effective now?
Execution. we ve now got to work individually and collectively to make sure that the promises made in the resolution are kept. one of the things about isil, their strength is their weakness, the fact they control a lot of territory and people means that they have a constant need to replenish their money. if we can diminish their ability to do that, they have to make hard choices, it is not an on/off switch where you stop the last dollar that goes. every bit of progress puts pressure on them. i ll ask jack lew and george osborne about zero interest rates and george osborne as a conservative what he thinks of the donald. ? nutrient-dense purina one true instinct with real salmon and tuna has 30% protein. support your active dog s whole body health with purina one.
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Isil. today it is violence within muslim communities that has become the source of so much human misery. in a speech after the san bernardino shootings, leading seth meyers to offer this. he used the word radical and islamic terrorism but not in the right order, which would be a problem if it was a spell and he was harry potter but he s not, so it isn t. obama and clinton have chosen not to specifically directly describe the enemy as radical islam out of deference to the muslim countries and leaders who feel it gives the terrorists legitimacy. george w. bush was similarly careful in his rhetoric. the best proof calling it by its name provides no solutions is that the republican candidates had none at tuesday s debate. after all of the huffing and puffing, the most aggressive among them proposed more