Jeb: We Can’t Allow ISIS to Win ‘By Being Paralyzed’

MORRIS: “Governor, right now holidays — there’s still some anxiety. We saw that people are going to see ‘Star Wars’ over the past week and had to be let out of theaters because of concerns over security at some of these different theaters.”
BUSH: “Yeah.”
MORRIS: “We’ve gone at the malls and worried about security. We have a brand-new poll that just came out about an hour ago, I want to get your take on this, and here’s what has Americans anxious this holiday season. They’re worried, 55 percent, they think pose the greatest terror threat to the United States, homegrown jihadists, which we talked to many experts here on the show, very difficult to find, very difficult to track. How would you, as president, handle this threat to America?”
BUSH: “Well, first I think you have to take out ISIS. The caliphate is where the energy exists, where every day that they’re contained, as the president has bragged about, is another day that they can send out their messages of hatred to radicalize people all around the world. Secondly, we need to use the eyes and ears of 800,000 law enforcement officers. They’re trained, they’re capable, they do an extraordinary job keeping us safe. They ought to be part of this. The FBI and other agencies at the federal level need to coordinate amongst themselves, but also use the local law enforcement. And we have to be vigilant. We can’t stop what we’re doing, but we have to be more vigilant because we’re living under this threat. It’s real. I’m not surprised that 55 percent view this as the biggest threat. But we can’t allow them to win by being paralyzed.”
KOOIMAN: “Some terror analysts have said that even if you nuked ISIS, in Iraq and Syria, they could repopulate somewhere else within a year, because the ideology. So how do we get out in front of this and win in the technology game to stop them from being able to recruit and radicalize, even westerners like we saw on that poll there, it’s 55 percent are worried about the jihadists that are home grown terrorists. So, how do we get in front of it?”
BUSH: “Well first we — this is a long war. This is not going to be something where you can do it, kind of, like a video game from up above, you have to do this over the long haul. And you’re correct, if a void exists, a void will be filled. We have to also not only destroy ISIS but create stability in Iraq and Syria, and the Middle East. And that requires an engagement that the United States has not been willing to do both politically, diplomatically and certainly militarily. We have to do this for the protection of the homeland. That’s not the only thing we need to do. Because I think you’re correct, as well, that cyber security needs to be much stronger. We need to have protections, as it relates to the metadata program that went away. We could strengthen that. There are things that we could do to protect the homeland beyond dealing with the caliphate, and Islamic terrorism around the world.”