Obama: Calling ISIL 'Islamic extremists' would accomplish nothing

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(06-14-2016, 03:43 PM)Rotobeast Wrote: I kind of agree, but I think most people's gripe was more about heading right for gun control and not mentioning the extremism of the terrorist, concerning the FL incident.
That just amped up the whole "just say it" crowd.

This.

I agree with his point, but he is countering an issue not being taken. The issue taken is that he made it about gun control while brushing aside it was a Sharia motivated execution of gays. He countered by arguing against a strawman.