Washington: Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has said there is a need to go after the "arc of instability" that encourages terrorism from North Africa to Pakistan amid attempts by the ISIS to dangerously spread its wings across the world.
The former US Secretary of State underlined the need to go after the funding of terrorist outfits, foreign fighters and their effective use of internet. "We need to go after the arc of instability that fuels this terrorist ideology from North Africa to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and go after their funding and their foreign fighters and their very effective use of the Internet," she said.
"But then the third pillar of my approach is we have to be safe here at home. We have to work with our friends and allies around the world," she told MSNBC. Clinton, 68, pitched for an alliance with Muslims in the US and worldwide to work on important issues. "We have a lot of important work to do with countries from one end of the globe to the other. We need to do it in alliance with Muslims here in America and elsewhere. That's what I'm advocating," she said.
Terming as "deeply distressing" the anti-Islam rhetoric of some of the GOP presidential candidates, Clinton said there was need to have a sense of unity and purpose in combating terrorism. "I view it as a threat. I believe ISIS cannot be contained. It has to be defeated. But in order to do that, we need to work within our own country with Muslim Americans, so that what I'm hearing from the other side, is not only offensive and shameful, it's dangerous, counterproductive," Clinton said.
"And of course, we have to work with countries around the world in order to have a unified coalition against terrorism," she said. Avoided directly naming Republican front-runner Donald Trump, who has been personally attacking her for the past few weeks, Clinton said she would not respond to personal attacks.
"I have a New Year's resolution. I will not respond to his personal attacks. However, Clinton was highly critical of Trump's policy announcements and his statement without personally taking his name. "We should not reward people who use inflammatory rhetoric, who use the kind of derogatory comments, whether it's about Muslims, or Mexicans, or women, or people with isabilities, whoever it might be," she said.
"That is not a sign of leadership. That's a sign of, you know, showmanship, of desperation, that should be rejected roundly by the American people," Clinton said.
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