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What exactly is the benefit of conflating the terrorists with Islam? Do you believe that they would suddenly give up? "The President of the United States has just called ISIS Islamic Terrorists; ISIS surrenders at the efficacy of the verbal barrage"
ISIS is trying to ignite a religious war. They WANT us to call them Islamists. Calling them Islamists gives them propaganda; they can say that we're in a war against Islam. That's the point of their barbarity. Terrorism isn't about traditional military goals. It's not about holding territory, it's about hearts and minds. Why would you want us to give them what they want?
How about the fact that we all know the problem here is Islamic terrorism? They wont be appeased, this just emboldens them. And last week the Sec of State actually said we can't win this war by killing them.
How do you think people that literally live and die by the sword take that?