Obama on radical Islam - CNN Video Interview with the President from New Delhi, India
Keep Calm and Carry On
"It is important that we align ourselves with the same things that 99.9% of Muslims align with and what we are looking for."
"The truth of the matter is that they (radical Islam terrorists) can do harm. But we have the capacity to control how we respond in ways that do not undercut what's the essence of who we are. That means that we don't torture, for example, and thereby undermine our values and credibility around the world," Obama said. "It means that we don't approach this with a strategy of sending out occupying armies and playing whack-a-mole wherever a terrorist group appears because that drains our economic strength and it puts enormous burdens on our military."
Obama Condemns "...almost medieval interpretation of Islam", Rejects Media Demand for 'labels'
The U.S. needs to instead keep its response "surgical," Obama said, to address the specific threat the U.S. faces without alienating the majority of Muslims who are peaceful and reject extremism -- those who "have embraced a nihilistic, violent, almost medieval interpretation of Islam."
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"I don't quibble with labels. I think we all recognize that this is a particular problem that has roots in Muslim communities and that the Middle East and South Asia are Ground Zero for us needing to win back hearts and minds, particularly when it comes to young people. But I think we do ourselves a disservice in this fight if we are not taking into account the fact that the overwhelming majority of Muslims reject this ideology."
http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/01/31/exp-gps-obama-sot-radical-islam.cnn/video/playlists/fareed-zakaria-interviews-president-obama/