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The reality in Iraq is that we are creating new terrorists and severely damaging the public impression of the United States in the Muslim world.

Christians are being systematically exterminated.

I have for some time now been deeply troubled by the growing difficulties faced by Christian communities in various parts of the Middle East. It seems to me that we cannot ignore the fact that Christians in the Middle East are increasingly being deliberately targeted by fundamentalist Islamist militants.

This radical Islam is a religious-based ideology. And you actually have to, when you deal with the ideology, you have to attack it on that basis.

Let's have a conversation about how we destroy ISIS.

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.

ISIS is luring Americans with empty and false promises that do not reflect reality on the ground in Iraq.

Indeed, by refusing to tackle Assad's brutality, we may actively alienate more of the Sunni population, driving them towards ISIS.

ISIS itself, it draws its central belief system from the Koran and from the writings of the Prophet Muhammad. That is undeniable. And it's a medieval interpretation of it. It is a literal interpretation of it.

Nothing is more powerful than hearing from former members of the group that ISIS is not creating an Islamist utopia in the areas it controls, but a hell on earth.