Arizona congressman: ‘Why aren’t we declaring war on the Islamic State?’
In the wake of another terror attack in Britain, an Arizona congressman is wondering why the U.S. is not gearing up for war with the Islamic State.
FILE -- This undated image posted online Monday, May 1, 2017, by supporters of the Islamic State militant group on an anonymous photo sharing website, purports to show an Islamic State fighter firing his weapon during clashes with U.S.-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, in the northern Syrian province of Raqqa. (Militant Photo via AP)
(Militant Photo via AP)
PHOENIX — In the wake of another terror attack in the United Kingdom, an Arizona congressman is wondering why the United States is not gearing up for war.
“Why aren’t we declaring war on the Islamic State,” U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) asked on KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Reality Check with Darin Damme.
Biggs said, if the threat of ISIS is so real, making the decision to go to war should be relatively simple.
“We galvanize the entire country – we become focused militarily, intelligence-wise – we focus as a nation to have a war,” he said. “If we believe that ISIS is an existential threat to the United States – and that’s the question – if they are, then we should be declaring war.”
However, Biggs was quick to answer his own question. He said the United States refers to the terror group as just that, a group, which makes declaring war more complicated. Other world leaders refer to ISIS as a nation-state.
He also said current attitudes toward political correctness would prove difficult to surmount on the road to war, even if those attitudes do little to stop terrorism.
“As long as you’ve got people who say ‘Love is going to conquer all,’ you’re going to have a problem,” Biggs said.
The congressman said those people — specifically those on the far left and some celebrities — need to take an honest look at the scenario.
“We need people who are big, bad, mean and tough who are going to get in there and take these folks out,” he said. “That’s what we need.”
Biggs said the idea of protecting the country should take precedent over good publicity.
“These people – we have intelligence, we know that these folks are there – but we don’t want to go forward and say, ‘You’re potentially a danger and we need to take care of that,'” he said.
He also said the country needs to, at the least, take a deeper look at the people allowed in.
“I think the bottom line is we have to have a finer filter for people coming in. We do.”
Biggs knows the idea of vetting people — or stop them from coming into the country all together — will not be popular, but he said that’s Congress’ job.
“You don’t go to Congress to make friends. You go to Congress to try to save this country and turn us around.”
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The way to defeat ISIS is to not support them like Obama and Hillary were doing. Just the fact that Trump won, and the ISIS black market oil trucking lines into Turkey are wiped out, ISIS is finished. P.S. the deep state are responsible for the brutal religious genocide of hundreds of thousands of Christians in the middle east at the hands of ISIS.
Dear Mr. Damme,
As one of few Golden Ticket of the F.C.C.’s Broadcast license holders, I am confident you are well aware of your responsibilities now.
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I have FAR TOO MANY points to discuss with the people to EVER be taken seriously on a show as a caller, so in that regard, I will do my best to distill my message into words for this screen in the hopes that it is NOT just a programmatic wrapper secluding my opinion like a prisoner in this intellectual war. . My name is Scott M. Haddox and you can see my page at any time on the facebook link Back UP, there, and to the left.
I spent 18 years of my life up until now not going ANYWHERE. I refused, REFUSED to run in the wrong direction.
I think the worst thing I’ve done at this point was 1. Act like a fool at times, yelling when in fear, and
2. Payed taxes to support a systematically steady restriction of ALL of OUR RIGHTS, GLOBALLY, Simultaneously FEEDING THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THEIR WEAPONS, as a GOD forsaken Fast Food Employee.
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3. Where are the representatives and the lawyers? I’ve called em all, told em’ what I needed a lawyer for and they would refer to a place that referred to another and so it goes. I now do not believe law firms exist nor do I feel that I HAVE a voice anymore, lest I walk to D.C.
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Thank you Darrin Damme,
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