Did you want to explain why "And finally, we face a real threat from radicalized individuals here in the United States. Whether it's a shooter at a Sikh Temple in Wisconsin, a plane flying into a building in Texas, or the extremists who killed 168 people at the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, America has confronted many forms of violent extremism in our history." was the in the cardinal position.....?
Because that is the point of the OP.
And....this, right from the OP, as well:
First, he speaks of Islamofascists, alQaeda...."
You can run, but you can't hide, NYLiar.
Since he said FINALLY, that would not be the cardinal position. He makes seven references Al Qaeda before he mentions the 3 events above.
Yes, he did refer to Al Qaeda, but not once did he refer to them as terrorists. The omission is in plain sight, Carbine.
1. "a group of terrorists came to kill as many civilians as they could." (referring to 9/11)
2. "Now, make no mistake, our nation is still threatened by terrorists. From Benghazi to Boston, we have been tragically reminded of that truth."
3. "From our use of drones to the detention of terrorist suspects, the decisions that we are making now will define the type of nation — and world — that we leave to our children."
4. "Most, though not all, of the terrorism we faced is fueled by a common ideology — a belief by some extremists that Islam is in conflict with the United States and the West, and that violence against Western targets, including civilians, is justified in pursuit of a larger cause. Of course, this ideology is based on a lie, for the United States is not at war with Islam. And this ideology is rejected by the vast majority of Muslims, who are the most frequent victims of terrorist attacks."
5. "Much of our best counterterrorism cooperation results in the gathering and sharing of intelligence, the arrest and prosecution of terrorists. And that's how a Somali terrorist apprehended off the coast of Yemen is now in a prison in New York."
6. "But despite our strong preference for the detention and prosecution of terrorists, sometimes this approach is foreclosed. Al Qaeda and its affiliates try to gain foothold in some of the most distant and unforgiving places on Earth."
7. "And it's also not possible for America to simply deploy a team of Special Forces to capture every terrorist."
8. "there are places where it would pose profound risks to our troops and local civilians — where a terrorist compound cannot be breached without triggering a firefight"
9. "over the last four years, my administration has worked vigorously to establish a framework that governs our use of force against terrorists"
10. "Beyond the Afghan theater, we only target al Qaeda and its associated forces. And even then, the use of drones is heavily constrained. America does not take strikes when we have the ability to capture individual terrorists"
11. "we act against terrorists who pose a continuing and imminent threat to the American people, and when there are no other governments capable of effectively addressing the threat."
12. "To do nothing in the face of terrorist networks would invite far more civilian casualties — not just in our cities at home and our facilities abroad, but also in the very places like Sana'a and Kabul and Mogadishu where terrorists seek a foothold. Remember that the terrorists we are after target civilians, and the death toll from their acts of terrorism against Muslims dwarfs any estimate of civilian casualties from drone strikes. So doing nothing is not an option."
13. "But the high threshold that we've set for taking lethal action applies to all potential terrorist targets"
14. "Our systematic effort to dismantle terrorist organizations must continue."
15. "As a matter of policy, the preference of the United States is to capture terrorist suspects"
16. "we are committed to prosecuting terrorists wherever we can."
17. "Where appropriate, we will bring terrorists to justice in our courts and our military justice system."
18. "We have prosecuted scores of terrorists in our courts."
Now do I need to highlight the word 'terrorist'?
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