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Obama says world should address ‘grievances’ that terrorists exploit

COMMENTARY BY DR JOHN WORLDPEACE FOR PRESIDENT 2016

The only way to slow down ISIS is to create jobs for those who are potential members of ISIS.

When people have jobs and consequently the ability to provide for their families they are not likely to join a religious or political group and put that security at risk.

After WWI the French and English tried to starve Germany and in time Hitler rose up because the people had no hope.

ISIS is the same. They thrive on the injustice of the political systems in the Middle East and they thrive on the abuses foisted on the Palestinians. And they definitely thrive on the poverty.

After WWII the United States rebuilt Japan and West Germany and now they are our close allies. But after conquering Iraq the United States abandoned Iraq and left a vacuum and there was no doubt the situation was going to degerate into chaos based on the Sunni Shia hatred with the Kurds in the mix.

Then the US refused to take sides in Syria and up rose ISIS. Fortunately they do not have as charismatic leader like Hitler. The whole Muslim world is looking for their Hitler.

But if they had jobs and hope they would not be.

Even the most obvious lessons of history so very close in the past, Hitler, is lost on fools like Ted Cruz who is as lost as Rick Perry.

Our policies in Iraq and Syria are absolute failures. The whole Middle East is preparing for a civil war country by country between Shia and Sunni and that war will have no resolution except a hundred years of chaos.

Either we bring the Middle East into the 21st Century economically or we are going to deal with terrorism in every community in America.

The same can be said for Palestine. Either that issue issue is justly resolved or they will create their own alternative to ISIS.

Either the Israeli's are stopped from trying to start a war with Iran or a huge price is going to paid again.

Justice and an economic future for the Middle East or terrorism is going to come to the United States. France and Denmark have already been hit.

President Obama did not mention economics as a means of controlling ISIS until he read my Dr John WorldPeace for President 2016 website. It wont be the last time he looks to me for an agenda.

And by the way with all the chaos in the world, where is Hillary?

Dr John WorldPeace

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SOURCE: Fox News

Obama says world should address ‘grievances’ that terrorists exploit

Published February 19, 2015

Feb. 18, 2015: President Obama speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, during the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism.

WASHINGTON – President Obama defended his administration’s approach to the terror threat at a White House summit Wednesday, standing by claims that groups like the Islamic State do not represent Islam -- as well as assertions that job creation could help combat extremism.

Obama, addressing the Washington audience on the second day of the summit, said the international community needs to address “grievances” that terrorists exploit, including economic and political issues.

He stressed that poverty alone doesn’t cause terrorism, but “resentments fester” and extremism grows when millions of people are impoverished.

“We do have to address the grievances that terrorists exploit including economic grievances,” he said.

He also said no single religion was responsible for violence and terrorism, adding he wants to lift up the voice of tolerance in the United States and beyond.

Obama’s address came as Republican lawmakers and others criticized the administration for declining to describe the threat as Islamic terrorism.

State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf has also come under fire for suggesting several times this past week that more jobs could help address the terrorism crisis.

On Tuesday, Rob O'Neill, former Navy SEAL Team 6 member who claims to have fired the shot that killed Usama bin Laden, told Fox News: "They get paid to cut off heads -- to crucify children, to sell slaves and to cut off heads and I don't think that a change in career path is what's going to stop them."

Obama also called on Muslim leaders to “do more to discredit the notion that our nations are determined to suppress Islam, that there is an inherent clash in civilizations.”

Obama acknowledged that some Muslim-Americans have concerns about working with the government, particularly law enforcement, and that their reluctance “is rooted in the objection to certain practices where Muslim-Americans feel they’ve been unfairly targeted.”

He said it was important it make sure that abuses stop and are not repeated and that “we do not stigmatize entire communities.” He also said it was vital that “no one is profiled or put under a cloud of suspicion simply because of their faith.”

Although Obama called for a renewed focus on preventing terrorists from recruiting and inspiring others, some thought his message seemed to miss the mark.

“He was meandering, unfocused and weak,” said Richard Grenell, former U.S. spokesman at the United Nations during the George W. Bush administration and a Fox News contributor. “He was talking about isolating terrorists. He doesn’t understand the threat that we face… People are being burned in cages and he’s talking about more investments?”

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in an interview with Fox News, called Obama an "apologist for radical Islamic terrorists." And he mocked the president for recently comparing modern-day atrocities to those committed during the Crusades.

"I don't think it's too much to ask the president to stay in the current millennia," Cruz said, describing the rhetoric as "bizarre politically correct double-speak."

Leaders from 60 different countries traveled to Washington for the summit.

Community leaders from Boston, Minneapolis and Los Angeles were also in attendance and discussed how their cities could help empower communities to protect themselves against extremist ideologies.