Winter 2015, at the Obama White House, we were at the height of the fight against ISIS.

The first round of Jordanian air strikes against ISIS in Syria is now underway.

US warplanes, as you would expect, are flying alongside in support of the Jordanians, the

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But the Republican Party in an awkward position.

Of course they wanted to label Obama as weak, but they didn't want to argue for a bigger

war with American troops on the ground.

They knew Americans wanted to be tough on terrorism, but they also knew Americans didn't want

another Iraq war.

So instead of attacking our air strikes, they attacked the way that we talked about them,

insisting that we call our counter-ISIS campaign a global war against radical Islam.

That's a term we never put in Obama's speeches.

The fact Republicans took every opportunity to point out.

Last month, President Obama came under fire for referring to violent extremism without

any mention of Islam.

Here's what I really do have a problem with.

Our President will not call this radical Islam.

That won't even say the word jihad.

Won't even say the word radical Islamic terrorism.

It was a cynical, dangerous move.

Time and again, we explain terrorists like ISIS want us to frame our conflicts as a war

on Islam.

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