Jill Stein presidential campaign, 2016/ISIS
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The 2016 presidential candidates quickly took to Twitter and their websites to release statements expressing their support for the people of France after members of the Islamic State (ISIS) killed at least 129 people and wounded more than 350 during a terrorist attack that occurred at six separate locations in Paris on November 13, 2015.[1] After statements of support and condolence were issued, the candidates shifted to policy and politics, each explaining how they would handle ISIS as commander-in-chief.
The terrorist attacks changed the topic of CBS' November 14, 2015, Democratic primary debate from the economy and domestic issues to foreign policy and ISIS. Hillary Clinton sought to demonstrate that, as a former secretary of state, she was the candidate with the most foreign policy experience and in the best position to handle ISIS. Her Democratic presidential rivals, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-Md.), criticized her vote to authorize the use of force in Iraq, which Sanders said led to the rise of ISIS.[2]
Republican candidates criticized President Barack Obama's strategy for handling ISIS and for saying hours before the attack that the terrorist group was "contained." GOP candidates also accused Clinton—a former member of the Obama administration—for playing a role in the growth of ISIS, a point that was repeated frequently on the campaign trail.[3][4]
The terrorist attacks in Paris shifted the focus of the 2016 presidential race from domestic issues to the threat that ISIS posed.
See what Jill Stein and the 2016 Green Platform said about ISIS and terrorism below.
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Stein on ISIS and terrorism
- On September 11, 2016, Jill Stein released a statement on her website calling for "a comprehensive and independent inquiry into" the September 11 terrorist attacks. She continued, "It is well known that the 9/11 Commission produced a report containing so many omissions and distortions that Harper's Magazine described it as 'whitewash as public service'—a document that 'defrauds the nation.'" Stein added that there were unanswered questions about what role Saudi intelligence and other intelligence agencies may have played in the attacks.[5]
- In January 2015, Stein said ISIS has grown as a result of poor foreign policy choices. She explained, "We need a foreign policy based on international law, human rights, and diplomacy, instead of militarism. Our current foreign policy has been an outright, incredible disaster. Drones and torture have especially been damaging and the past decade of endless war on terror has been an unmitigated disaster which is now blowing back at us in the proliferation of extremist groups. ISIS itself grows directly out of the chaos. We see this in Iraq through ten years of vicious warfare and sectarian conflict that was promoted by our policies in Iraq."[6]
- Read what other 2016 presidential candidates have said about ISIS and terrorism.
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See also
- Presidential candidates, 2016
- Jill Stein presidential campaign, 2016/Syrian refugees
- 2016 presidential candidates on foreign affairs
Footnotes
- ↑ CNN, "Paris victims: From all over the world and all walks of life," accessed November 17, 2015
- ↑ The New York Times, "Rivals at Democratic Debate Attack Hillary Clinton," accessed November 17, 2015
- ↑ The Hill, "Obama refugee plan targeted after attacks," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ The Hill, "Republicans see post-Paris vulnerabilities for Clinton," accessed November 17, 2015
- ↑ Jill 2016, "Jill Stein's Statement On 9/11," September 11, 2016
- ↑ YouTube, "Jill Stein, Green Party State of The Union Response 2015," January 21, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Green Party, "The 2016 Green Party Platform on Democracy," accessed August 10, 2016
