{"id":3513,"date":"2015-11-23T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thediplomaticenvoy.com\/?p=3513"},"modified":"2020-02-05T15:16:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T20:16:03","slug":"democratic-debate-isis-must-be-destroyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2015\/11\/23\/democratic-debate-isis-must-be-destroyed\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Debate: “ISIS Must Be Destroyed”"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Alexander Stringer<\/a><\/strong>
\nStaff Writer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

While the world was still reeling from the tragic attacks in Paris<\/a>, the three Democratic Party candidates–former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Maryland Governor Martin O\u2019Malley–came to the stage for their second debate on November 14.<\/p>\n

Among discussion of super PACs and college tuition, the debate delved into the candidates\u2019 positions on foreign policy, focusing mostly on responding to\u00a0ISIS after\u00a0the Paris attacks.<\/p>\n

The first half of the debate was dominated by the evolving threat in Paris, allowing the three candidates to flex\u00a0their foreign policy muscles for the first time, and seemingly putting\u00a0the ball in Clinton\u2019s court.<\/p>\n

Debate moderator John Dickerson\u00a0put Sanders and O\u2019Malley on the defensive with several hard-hitting questions–comparing their foreign policy experience, or lack thereof, to Clinton’s, Dickerson asked if the candidates would be able to effectively take on terrorist threats if elected President, inquiring about their views on the current war with \u201cradical jihadists.”<\/p>\n

The consensus was clear among the candidates that the United States, and indeed much of the Western world, is at war with ISIS and terror groups. Clinton made sure that the verbiage used was clear: the West is\u00a0at war with \u201cradical jihadists,\u201d not the Muslim world, as some GOP candidates purport. Though all three candidates agreed that more must be done to take on ISIS before they can follow through on recent promises to reenact their terror streak in Washington<\/a>, the trio had\u00a0different visions on\u00a0how best to tackle the situation.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Malley posed\u00a0that the organization can only be taken down by a \u201cU.S.-led coalition\u201d with other NATO powers.<\/p>\n

Sanders gave arguably the weakest of the arguments, first claiming that climate change was \u201cdirectly related\u201d to the rise of terror groups in the region (which Politifact found to be mostly false)<\/a>. Moreover, Sanders argued that though the U.S. should have somewhat of an involvement in the issue, other nations in the region opposed to the ISIS regime should bear\u00a0the weight and act swiftly.<\/p>\n

Clinton came out with the most hawkish\u00a0plan, defying President Obama\u2019s recent remarks<\/a>\u00a0that ISIS was contained. \u201cISIS cannot be contained. It must be destroyed,\u201d Clinton said.<\/p>\n

Though she did not outline her plan during the debate, her camp later released a far more comprehensive plan for bringing about the end of the terror group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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