Obama at the UN today
"Collectively, we must take concrete steps to address the danger posed by religiously motivated fanatics, and the trends that fuel their recruitment," Mr. Obama said in prepared remarks.
"This is what America is prepared to do—taking action against immediate threats, while pursuing a world in which the need for such action is diminished."
He said confronting this challenge will require a broad international coalition to combat the Islamic State, the Sunni militant group in Iraq and Syria that is also known as ISIS and ISIL, and for Middle Eastern nations in particular to address conditions in the region that fuel extremism.
"That means cutting off the funding that fuels this hate," Mr. Obama said.
"It's time to end the hypocrisy of those who accumulate wealth through the global economy, and then siphon funds to those who teach children to tear it down."
Hear, hear.
On Wednesday he said the world . . . is "at a crossroads between war and peace; between disorder and integration; between fear and hope."
"If we think globally and act cooperatively, we can shape the course of this century as our predecessors shaped the post-World War II age," he said.
"But as we look to the future, one issue risks a cycle of conflict that could derail such progress: and that is the cancer of violent extremism that has ravaged so many parts of the Muslim world."
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