BLUF: [Fox News Kathleen Troia "KT" McFarland]
Our strategy needs:
- An economic component that bankrupts radical jihad by cutting off their oil revenues - attacking their oil fields, refineries and tankers -- while we also develop our own resources to be energy independent of Arab oil.
- A banking component that uses the US primacy in international banking and finance to freeze out any country or company that does business with radical Islamists from ISIS to Boko Haram.
- An alliance component that draws together moderate Muslims into an alliance against radical Islam. If they’re reluctant to join an anti-Islamist alliance, we should let them know they shouldn’t come running to us if things don’t work out. We should call them out if they have some in their inner circles that play both sides.
And we may have to hold our noses and partner with countries we do not always approve of, as we did during World War II.
- An anti-hostage component -- we will not negotiate, exchange prisoners with nor pay ransom to terrorists. If you take our people hostage, we will turn the tables on you and put a very large bounty on your heads. We promise to hunt down kill anyone who kills our citizens, no matter now long it takes.
- A communications component which champions western values, like we had during WWII and the Cold War. Violent radical Jihad and western civilization are NOT morally equivalent. No apology tour, no comparing the Crusades to ISIS. Be proud of America or be quiet.
- An Internet component that blocks their online recruiting and training efforts and uses metadata to track and destroy terrorist leaders.
- A religious and ideological component which applauds moderate Muslim leaders -- like Egyptian President Sisi and the Grand Imam of Al Ahzar Mosque- who speak out against radical Islam.
- And finally, a military component which does not, repeat does not, require thousands of American combat forces, but rather gives our allies every inducement and all the arm twisting necessary so they put their own boots on the ground. And which supplies them with whatever they need to do the job
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