The fact to the matter is, we never developed a comprehensive strategy to deal with radical Islam. And the 9/11 commission said one of the things we must do is develop a global alliance to combat it.
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We have to fight radical Islam wherever it exists. It's in Afghanistan, it's in Saudi Arabia, throughout the Middle-East in big numbers and it's in the United States.
For twenty years, Islamic Jihadists have been attacking American interests around the world and we did not take them seriously until September 11th, 2001.
There's no national strategy to deal with combating terrorism and foreign fighters.
Put simply, we are still at war with radical Islamic groups and an ideological movement that can't be ignored nor wished away.
We are not at war against Islam.
We're going to have to rely on the world of Islam, major Islamic nations, to take the lead in helping promote a very different view of Islam - peace and understanding, as opposed to the radicalization going on. The Saudis and UAE and Qatar and others are going to have to take a leading role in changing hearts and minds in the world of Islam.
It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam.
We are in a global war with a radical and violent form of the Islamic religion, and it is irresponsible and dangerous to deny it.
We need to make sure these Islamic terrorist organizations don't become mainstream. We're fighting an ideology as much as a group of radical terrorists.
We must remember that Islam is not an enemy, and we have no war with Islam.
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