By Jessica Schulberg
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on
Tuesday forcefully rebuked Republicans who have berated him for
refusing to characterize lone wolf terror attacks by Muslim individuals
as acts of “radical Islam.”
Speaking from the Treasury Department
two days after a Muslim man shot 49 people to death at a gay nightclub
in Orlando after declaring allegiance to the self-described Islamic
State group, the president challenged his detractors to identify a
single tangible benefit of adjusting his choice of words to describe the
attack.
“What exactly would using this label
accomplish? What exactly would it change? Would it make ISIL less
committed to try to kill Americans? Would it bring in more allies? Is
there a military strategy that is served by this?” Obama asked
rhetorically, using another name for the Islamic State.
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Source: The Huffington Post
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