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Gorka: War on Terror Won 'When People No Longer Want to Become Jihadists'
[PJ] WASHINGTON ‐ Though he loves "killing terrorists," former deputy assistant to the president Sebastian Gorka said Friday that in order to claim victory against ISIS, the U.S. needs to eliminate the caliphate’s ability to recruit jihadists."I love killing terrorists. It’s great, but it’s not a metric of victory," Gorka, who was ousted from the White House in August, said at the Heritage Foundation. "You win when people no longer want to become jihadists. That’s victory. Not measuring body bags. That was a bad metric during Vietnam, and it’s not much of a better metric today." ISIS continues to recruit terrorists all over the world, inspiring deadly attacks everywhere from Barcelona and London to New York and California. This is made possible by recruitment leaders like Mohamad al-Arefe, a radical Saudi cleric with more than 20 million Twitter followers. Just like the Cold War, Gorka said, victory will only come with the defeat of the ideology. He described the more than 16-year war on terror as an "exquisite" game of whack-a-mole. Posted by: Besoeker 2017-12-18 |
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