dangerous views about islam. he has basically made his name by saying that the united states should declare war on islam as a rnl. that the entire religion presents a threat to the united states. first of all, this is not true, this is not the crusades. but second, that is bulletin board material for terrorist recruiters. what isis wants desperately right now is they are losing territory inside iraq and syria, is for the united states to do something that draws more recruits into its fold. there is nothing that we could do that would be a better recruitment tool for isis than to declare that the united states is at war with the entirety of the islamic religion. they don t need you to confirm him, but will you do something to try to stop him? will you ask for his nomination to be rescinded? i think this is a very dangerous pick and i would hope that donald trump would rethink the selection of general flynn. i would hope that he would put someone next to him in the white house who is
this war is interested in us, and it s not just some skirmishes with a terrorist group, it s war. it s war to the death from their point of view. we have to defeat them all around the world. is there anything more that can be done let me start with you, ann marie with this threat of terrorism? it s real. there is isis. but what strikes me about it is that the real danger to the western world seems to be these lone wolf attacks or small groups, often locals, often radicalized kind of alienated young men. i imagine we ll be able to defeat isis, but what do you do about that the next time you have a crazy couple or a jihadi couple somewhere in the united states or france who decide to launch an attack? so barack obama s response was isis itself is not an existential threat to the united states. we will do everything we can to contain it. but what we ll actually do is emphasize this is not a war on
it s twoor t ee s war to the der point of view. we have to defeat them all around the world. is there anything more that can be done let me start with you, ann marie with this threat of terrorism? it s real. what strikes me about it is the danger to the western world seems to be these lone wolf attacks or small groups, often local, often radicalized alienated young men. i imagine we ll be able to defeat isis but what do you do about that the next time you have a crazy couple or a jihadi couple somewhere in the united states or france who decide to launch an attack? barack obama s response was isis itself is not an existential threat to the united states, we will do everything we can to contain it but what we ll actually do is emphasize this is not a war on islam, we will work with american muslim communities
some sort of politician, that it s ethnic with them. the president of the united states is one of the bad guys, one of the if not the terrorist, one of the sneaker-iners. he snuck into the country and assumed an identity. it s pretty sick. well, it s very divisive. and i think counterproductive. it undermines our values, who we are as a people. we are a nation of immigrants, which you know so well. and when i hear what s coming from the other side, and it s not just one person. there s an echo chamber there. we should not reward people who use inflammatory rhetoric, who use the kind of derogatory comments, whether it s about muslims or mexicans or women, or people with disability, it s whoever it might be. that is not a sign of leadership. that s a sign of, you know, showmanship, of desperation, that should be rejected roundly by the american people. michael steele, we all know that donald trump did not begin his war on islam with his call for a ban on people coming into the coun
it s ethnic with them. the president of the united states is one of the bad guys, one of the if not the terrorist, one of the sneaker-iners. he snuck into the country and assumed an identity. it s pretty sick. well, it s very divisive. and i think counterproductive. it undermines our values, who we are as a people. we are a nation of immigrants, which you know so well. and when i hear what s coming from the other side, and it s not just one person. there s an echo chamber there. we should not reward people who use inflammatory rhetoric, who use the kind of derogatory comments, whether it s about muslims or mexicans or women, or people with disability, it s whoever it might be. that is not a sign of leadership. that s a sign of, you know, showmanship, of desperation, that should be rejected roundly by the american people. michael steele, we all know that donald trump did not begin his war on islam with his call for a ban on people coming into the country. he began it by calling th