Thursday, April 23, 2015

Obama: We need perspective in assessing violent acts in today's world - Real Clear Politics



by Real Clear Politics

President Obama talks about tumult in the world in an interview with Chris Matthews of MSNBC.






PRESIDENT OBAMA: But I always tell people we have to maintain some perspective on this. The Middle East and North Africa are going through changes that we haven't seen in our generation. I think the Islamic world is going through a process where they have to isolate and push out the kind of extremism that we've seen expressed by ISIL. And that's a generational project.

What our job is in the meantime is to make sure that we are protecting Americans, we're protecting our interests, that we're maintaining things like freedom of navigation and that we're partnering with the best elements of those communities in order to be successful.

It’s going to take some time but I remind people that you know, there actually is probably less war and less violence around the world today than there might have been 30-40 years ago. It doesn’t make it any less painful. But things can get better. We just have to be vigilant and we have to have strong partners.

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Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/04/21/obama_there_is_probably_less_war_and_violence_around_the_world_today_than_there_might_ha

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