Tom Cotton: ISIS Is Already Winning Whether Obama Labels Them ‘Islamic’ or Not

‘I don’t think the president has a point’

Tom Cotton: ISIS Already Winning Without Obama ‘Legitimizing’ Them with Islamic Label (National Review Online)

Senator Tom Cotton refused to accept President Obama’s explanation that calling the Islamic State ”Islamic” would “legitimize” the group, pointing out that the Muslim fundamentalists are still winning on the battlefield despite the White House’s tiptoeing around the term.

The Arkansas Republican and Army veteran appeared Thursday on CNN’s The Lead, where Jake Tapper asked him whether the president’s assertion this week that calling Muslim fundamentalists “Muslim” somehow lends them credibility.

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