The presidential candidate Hillary Clinton today proposed a comprehensive plan to combat jihadism, including a stronger US military role and its allies, but not with a deployment of US combat troops.
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"As President (Barack) Obama, I do not think we have over 100,000 American combat troops in the Middle East. Not for nothing a smart decision, "Clinton said in presenting the plan in New York.
Democratic frontrunner defended the program in a speech he read in the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations.
Although his plan seeks to "defeat and destroy the Islamic State (EI)" also drew attention to "not forget to Al Qaeda."
In his message and a subsequent dialogue with the audience, Clinton defended the idea that the United States take a more active role in leading the efforts to combat EI and other extremist groups present in Syria and Iraq, among other countries paper.
"The whole world has to be part of this fight, but the United States has to lead it," insisted the former Secretary of State.
The operations performed a year ago an international coalition led by the United States should enter a "new phase" for there to be a "more effective" air campaign, with a larger number of aircraft and attacks and an extension of the objectives.
But he rejected the United States have to be forced to deploy combat troops in Syria or Iraq, because, he said, what Washington learned "in fifteen years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan" is that each country must protect its own territory.
Still, he was in favor of providing advice and training to the Iraqi regular army and convince the Iraqi Sunni minority to make you join these efforts.
As for Syria, the former Secretary of State said it is necessary to work both as a political solution in the fight against EI in the country, and said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "has killed many more Syrian than terrorists. "
To support the fight against the Syrians EI, United States "should immediately deploy special operations force that President Obama has already authorized, and be prepared to take off again."
He also proposed creating no-fly zones for Assad "stop the killing of civilians and opposition forces."
Clinton said his proposal has three elements: EI defeat in Syria, Iraq and the wider Middle East; dismantle the infrastructure of the group and its network of propaganda and, finally, strengthening US defenses and its allies.
He proposed adding to these efforts to key countries in the region such as Saudi Arabia and Turkey, and get the support of Russia, the main ally who has the Assad regime several months ago and is conducting airstrikes in Syria.
"There is no alternative to a political transition that would allow the Syrians to end the Assad government," she said.
He also expressed the need to strengthen international cooperation in intelligence sharing data on the movement and recruitment of extremists worldwide, in order to also cut their funding networks.
"Once and for all, the Saudis, Qataris and others need will require its citizens to fund directly to extremist organizations and schools and mosques around the world that have developed too many young people on the way to radicalization," she said.
It is a war on the battlefield, but also in social networks, which requires the cooperation of private companies to cut the accounts that are used "to plan, lead and celebrate violence."
But he also made clear that the enemy is extremism, not Islam, and in that sense rejected calls from Republican leaders who have called for the entry of Syrian refugees is prohibited, or only Christians.
"Reject orphans, apply a religious test, discriminate against Muslims, shut the door on each Syrian refugees ... we are not that. You're better than that, "he said.
"Many of these refugees are escaping from it the same terrorists who threaten us," She said.
