Clinton lays out differences with Obama on fighting Islamic State

This is what a President Hillary Clinton would look like.

At least, that was the impression the former secretary of state seemed determined to convey with a robust, comprehensive presentation on how she would meet the rising challenge from ISIS as fear of terrorism spikes following the Paris attacks. Summoning all of the faux indignation she could muster, Clinton basically said that Wall Street hedge fund managers were giving money to her campaign because they appreciate her support after the World Trade Center was destroyed.

Republicans said tighter restrictions are needed following last week’s Paris terrorist attacks. A no-fly zone would be a “strategic opportunity” that would reduce the refugee crisis in Europe by giving Syrians fleeing the country’s civil war a haven, she said. Therefore, we must choose resolve.

She called on social media and tech companies to deactivate accounts and websites used by ISIS leaders to promote their message and recruit fighters. She detailed how she would convince Saudi Arabia to turn its attention from the Shiite Houthis to joining a coalition against ISIS.

Clinton’s chief rival for the Democratic nomination, Sen.

Republicans have sought to link Clinton to the unpopular foreign policy of Obama, casting her as continuing his strategy in the region.

While Clinton said she largely backed the president’s efforts to combat Islamic State militants, she broke with the administration’s focus on ousting Syrian President Bashar Assad – a position that’s stood in the way of greater military cooperation between the US and Russian Federation.

The Paris terrorist attacks, as well as recent attacks in Beirut, Nairobi and perhaps Egypt, could make Clinton’s foreign policy credentials more of an electoral asset. As the Los Angeles Times pointed out over the weekend, the vast majority of the schemes to fight ISIS put forth from the leading contenders in the GOP field amount to: more airstrikes, more aide to the Kurds, more special ops advisors, and a stronger coalition of partners.

“This is a time for American leadership”, she said in speech at Council on Foreign Relations in NY.

Hillary Clinton tried to make up for a scattered performance on foreign policy during this weekend’s Democratic debate by laying out her vision to tackle the so-called Islamic State.

The second prong of her plan goes off the rails.

But, she added, the USA needs to “be prepared to deploy more” special operations forces than Obama has authorized.

Sanders’ camp says it also is gearing up for a hard-fought race in Tennessee and is pushing to bring the senator into the state for campaign events ahead of the March 1 primary.

“No, I am not a pacifist”.

“I have made clear that I have differences, as I think any two people do”. The priority should be placed on countering Islamic State for now, but Washington should not tell Syrian rebels that they can only fight the terrorist group and not the Assad regime.

Ms Palmieri said that Clinton disagreed with those who thought there was a strategic advantage to distancing herself from the president. Their lives matter more than their feelings.

“Hillary Clinton has demonstrated she is the wrong person to take on and defeat the growing threats facing the United States”.

“Islam is not our adversary”, she argued earlier in the speech.

“Like President Obama, I do not believe that we should again have 100,000 American troops in combat in the Middle East”, Clinton said.

“There now is no credible information to suggest a terrorist threat is imminent in the state of Louisiana”, Edmonson said.

Clinton has also called for the United States to continue to take in refugees from Syria, something a host of Republican governors and presidential candidates have said they would not do. “We must deny them virtual territory, just as we deny them actual territory”.

The roll call came after White House officials visited the Capitol and lobbied Democrats to oppose the legislation.

“In an attempt to divert the public’s gaze from Wall Street coziness, the Clinton campaign has launched a false attack on universal health care – something she previously supported”, the Sanders campaign replied.