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Re: What did you think of the speech?
Did you see Bernie's fighting for the soul of Islam comments? On Nov 19, 2015 3:00 PM, "Faiz Shakir" <faiz.shakir@gmail.com> wrote: > I, and many many others in this building, appreciated the courage of HRC > standing up for refugees at a moment when some Dems were going soft. That’s > first and foremost. You could have followed the Schumer path and you > didn’t. Not sure if people on the outside appreciate that, but we certainly > do. > > > I think the “radical jihadism” language works well. As you know, I > wouldn’t have picked the fight over “radical islam” to begin with. I’m > always happy to just concede that it’s a real thing and define it as a > marginalized strain, which she did do today. I told Reid this, and I > suggest it to you as well: you just don't want to be on the slippery slope > of sounding like an imam who is defining what true islam is. From a policy > perspective, there's a radical strain. Moreover, I like making the Muslim > world feel like they need to activate to separate themselves and define > themselves (which is happening). By the way, every time Reid has spoken out > in defense of Muslims, it has our most popular messaging of anything we do.
> > > Really appreciated the Saudi hit on feeding radical ideology. I wish we > could have a project on building a progressive Islam. Would require > advocating for and lifting up progressive leaders in that nation to speak > about it/ to do online campaigning around it/etc. We tend to be overly > focused on the violent strains of the radicalism. But even if there weren’t > violence, the fact that too many who are for subjugation of women, against > gays, against Jews and Christians, etc – is a serious problem for our > future. Unfortunately, if you sounded progressive in the Middle > East/Pakistan, you'd be putting yourself at security risk. > > > > > Areas of concern: > > > Saying no to 100k troops on the ground, leaving the door open to > McCain/Graham’s 10k desire > > > I personally would be a little harsher on saudi, uae, jordan, etc for > leaving the fight in syria, but I understand that's thorny > > > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 2:29 PM, John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >
