Hunting down leader of ISIS should be top priority for the USA- Clinton
Fri Sep 09, 2016 01:12:pm World
2K By Buchi Obichie
US Democratic Presidential Nominee, Hillary Clinton, on Thursday called
for the United States to track down and kill the leader of the terrorist
group, Islamic State, IS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, just as it did Osama
bin Laden, as she insisted that her Republican rival, Donald Trump, has
no plan to defeat the jihadists.
Briefing reporters on a tarmac in White Plains, New York, the former Secretary of State said, "We should make it a top priority to hunt down the leader of ISIS."
"Getting al-Baghdadi will require efforts at the top levels, but it will send a resounding message that nobody directs or inspires attacks against the United States and gets away with it."
Clinton and Trump have clashed repeatedly over foreign policy, but their battle rose to a new level Wednesday night when the two were separately grilled over their national security credentials.
Clinton, holding an impromptu press conference on a New York tarmac before flying to a campaign event, castigated the brash billionaire for failing to formulate a strategy to defeat IS extremists.
"One thing you didn't hear from Donald Trump last night is any plan to take on ISIS, one of the biggest threats facing our country," Clinton said.
Further hitting at Trump, Clinton said when asked at the forum about how he would stop the spread of global terrorism, "Trump's answer was simply, 'take the oil.'
"He says his plan is still a secret, but the truth is he simply doesn't have one. And that's not only dangerous, it should be disqualifying.
"Instead of laying out a Middle East strategy, Trump "bizarrely" praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and suggested the strongman is a stronger leader than US President Barack Obama.
"Now, that is not just unpatriotic and insulting to the people of our country as well as to our commander in chief, it is scary," Clinton said.
However, after she made her comments, Trump's campaign swiftly shot back, with Trump spokesman Jason Miller calling Clinton's attacks "unhinged and dishonest."
In a statement released, Miller added, "These are the desperate attacks of a flailing campaign sinking in the polls, and characteristics of someone woefully unfit for the presidency of the United States."
Briefing reporters on a tarmac in White Plains, New York, the former Secretary of State said, "We should make it a top priority to hunt down the leader of ISIS."
"Getting al-Baghdadi will require efforts at the top levels, but it will send a resounding message that nobody directs or inspires attacks against the United States and gets away with it."
Clinton and Trump have clashed repeatedly over foreign policy, but their battle rose to a new level Wednesday night when the two were separately grilled over their national security credentials.
Clinton, holding an impromptu press conference on a New York tarmac before flying to a campaign event, castigated the brash billionaire for failing to formulate a strategy to defeat IS extremists.
"One thing you didn't hear from Donald Trump last night is any plan to take on ISIS, one of the biggest threats facing our country," Clinton said.
Further hitting at Trump, Clinton said when asked at the forum about how he would stop the spread of global terrorism, "Trump's answer was simply, 'take the oil.'
"He says his plan is still a secret, but the truth is he simply doesn't have one. And that's not only dangerous, it should be disqualifying.
"Instead of laying out a Middle East strategy, Trump "bizarrely" praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and suggested the strongman is a stronger leader than US President Barack Obama.
"Now, that is not just unpatriotic and insulting to the people of our country as well as to our commander in chief, it is scary," Clinton said.
However, after she made her comments, Trump's campaign swiftly shot back, with Trump spokesman Jason Miller calling Clinton's attacks "unhinged and dishonest."
In a statement released, Miller added, "These are the desperate attacks of a flailing campaign sinking in the polls, and characteristics of someone woefully unfit for the presidency of the United States."
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